Israeli soldiers surrounded the town of Azzoun, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and invaded it before kidnapping around 14 Palestinians. The army alleged a settler and his daughter were injured near the village.Israeli sources said a settler, and his 11-year-old daughter, were injured when a Molotov cocktail was hurled at their car, east of Qalqilia, adding that child suffered a serious injury due to facial burns, and burns to her torso.
The sources added that all kidnapped Palestinians have been moved to a number of interrogation centers, ‘to determine if they are involved in the attack.’
The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Fahmi Na’el Tabib, ‘Ala Sami Shallo, Emad Mohammad ‘Alami, Mohammad Abdul-Rahman Badwan, Ekrema Mohammad Dahbour, Yousef Zahran Sweidan, Moath Bilal Sweidan, Morad Saqer Salim, Walid Mousa Lebda, Mo’awiya Abdul-Latif Radwan, ‘Omar Amjad Shbeita, Amir Radwan and Ashraf Ahmad Radwan.
In related news, two Israeli “Border Guard” officers were injured after being stabbed near the Lions’ Gate, in occupied Jerusalem.
Israel Ynetnews said one of the officers, 19, was stabbed in his neck, while the other, 35, was stabbed in his hands. They suffered mild injuries and were moved to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
Earlier on Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers kidnapped three Palestinian children in occupied Jerusalem, and took them to an interrogation center in the city.
Local sources said the soldiers invaded the home of Mousa Odah in the al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and kidnapped his child, Musallam, 15 years of age. This is the eighteenth time the soldiers kidnap Musallam.
The soldiers also kidnapped two children in Ras al-’Amoud in Silwan; one of them has been identified as Mohammad Nasser, 12.