At dawn on Thursday, Israeli military forces stormed a village near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, demolishing a Palestinian home and abducting twelve individuals.
According to media sources, dozens of soldiers entered Baqat Al-Hatab village, east of Qalqilia, forcing numerous families from their homes while conducting extensive searches.
The soldiers then wired and detonated a 120-square-meter residence belonging to the Abdul-Ghani family.
In Qalqilia city, Israeli forces abducted twelve Palestinians, including former political prisoners and a woman, following violent invasions and searches of their homes.
The abductees are:
- Mahdi Akkas
- Sa’id Thiab
- Ibrahim Atiya
- Saed Al-Fayed
- Hamza Hardan
- Samah Hijjawi
- Nadia Sahrawi
- Amro Thiab
- Islam Nazzal
- Adham Al-Haj Hasan
- Mohammad Daoud
- Hamza Al-Jammal
In a related incident, soldiers entered Bruqin, west of Salfit, measuring the home of a slain Palestinian, Nael Sami Samara, 36, in preparation for demolition.
The soldiers killed Samara last Saturday after they invaded the town and fired live rounds.
On Saturday, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian young man after invading the town of Bruqin, west of Salfit in the central occupied West Bank.
Media sources reported that occupation forces opened fire with live ammunition towards Samara, in the “Al-Balata” area of Bruqin town, causing injuries, before abducting him; the army withheld the body of the slain young man.
