Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army attacked the villages of Burken and Arrabah, located near the northern West Bank city of Jenin and kidnapped three civilians on Thursday morning.

Witnesses said that troops and military jeeps invaded the two villages, soldiers then conducted house to house search campaigns in both villages. Witnesses added that troops forced the men out of the searched homes and checked their ID cards.

The army also prevented the men from going to the local mosques to conduct the morning prayers.

The army left the two villages after several hours, during the invasion Israeli troops kidnapped Ibraheem Jaber, 48, Nur Qappha, 16, and Yousif Iwidat, 22, and took them to unknown locations, local sources reported.