Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the village of Zabbouba, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and fired gas bombs causing several injuries. Army also invaded Jerusalem’s Old City, and kidnapped three Palestinian children.Medical sources in Zabbouba, near Jenin, said a number of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after the soldiers fired gas bombs at a number of homes, and at local youths who hurled stones, and empty bottles, at the invading army vehicles.
The army also fired several sound bombs and concussion grenades, and withdraw later without conducting any arrests.
In addition, scores of soldiers invaded Palestinian neighborhoods in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, stormed and searched several homes causing property damage, and kidnapped three children.
Nasser Qous, head of the Jerusalem Office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), said the soldiers kidnapped Mustafa Abu Sneina, ‘Abboud Abu Sneina, and Omar Ghneim, all around 13 years of age, and took them to the al-Qashla Police station and interrogation center in the Old City.
In related news, soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, stormed and searched a number of homes, and handed Saleh Mohammad al-J’eidy, 19 years of age, a military order for interrogation in the Etzion military and security base.
Earlier on Tuesday at dawn, soldiers shot and killed Jihad Shehada al-Ja’fary, 19 years of age, while standing on his home’s rooftop in Deheishe.