Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, thirteen Palestinians, including children, in different cities and towns in the occupied West Bank. Among the children are several university students.
The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, said the soldiers kidnapped a journalism student in the an-Najah National University in Nablus, identified as Naseer Radwan Abu Thabet, 21, from Beit Dajan town.
The soldiers kidnapped another Najah student, identified as Abdul-Hafith Shehada, 21, from Beit ‘Orif village; he is a student of the Engineering Department, and Mustafa Salah Khweira.
The PPS added that the soldiers also invaded and searched many homes in the Old City of Nablus, and withdrew later without conducting any arrests.
In addition, several Israeli military vehicles invaded Abu Dis town, east of occupied Jerusalem, searched a few homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Yousef Dandan, Eyad Anwar Sha’lan, 16, and Mohammad Anwar Sha’lan, 16.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and kidnapped two child identified as Anas Shaher Deeriyya, 15, Shaher Fadel Deeriyya, 14, after searching his family’s home.
Also in Bethlehem, the soldiers hurled stones on a number of homes in Khalayel al-Louz area, detonated the door of one of them, and invaded it.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the kidnapped Hisham Issa al-Qawasma, from his home in the center of the city, while another Palestinian, identified as Daoud Ahmad Abu Turki, 32, was taken prisoner while trying to cross back into the West Bank, through the al-Karama border terminal with Jordan.
In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, the soldiers searched homes and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Mahmoud Kamal ar-Razi, 25, while Mahmoud Abdul-Ra’ouf Jarrar, 20, was kidnapped from his home in the nearby district of Tulkarem.
In Jericho district, the soldiers invaded the town of al-Jiftlik, and kidnapped a Palestinian identified as Zeidan Mohammad ‘Annouz.
On Tuesday evening, the soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians, including two children, in occupied Jerusalem, and in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, including one who was kidnapped while attending his brother’s trial in a military court.
On Tuesday evening, the soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians, including two children, in occupied Jerusalem, and in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, including one who was kidnapped while attending his brother’s trial in a military court.