[Friday, January 31, 2014] Several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation in Methaloon village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, after dozens of soldiers invaded it and clashed with local youth.Local sources said local youth threw stones and empty bottles at the invading soldiers, and that the army fired concussion grenades and gas bombs, causing several residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The sources added that the soldiers broke into several homes in the town, ransacking them before interrogating the families.
Furthermore, the soldiers handed resident Tawfiq Rabay’a, 27, a military warrant ordering him to head to a nearby military base for interrogation.
On Friday evening, soldiers kidnapped Khaled Ahmad Rajoub, 41, from Doura town near Hebron, as he was in Al-Harayeq area, south of Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar nearby town, broke into several homes, and used several rooftops as military towers.
The army also invaded various communities in the Hebron district, interrogated dozens of Palestinians, and searched cars and homes. Soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian in Hebron, and five others in Jenin.
