Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, Huwwara village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, kidnapped one Palestinian, and broke into the home of Huwwara Local Council head, before searching it.The army also invaded a village near Bethlehem, and kidnapped, Thursday, a Palestinian on the al-Karama border terminal.
‘Awwad Najm, spokesperson of the Fateh Movement in Nablus, said the soldiers kidnapped Mohannad Jihad, 46, after invading his home and violently searching it, causing excessive property damage.
The kidnapped Palestinian is a leader of the Fateh movement of president Mahmoud Abbas, and previously spent 14 years in Israeli detention centers and prisons.
The soldiers also stormed the home of Mohannad’s brother, the head of Huwwara Local Council head, Nasser Jihad, and thoroughly searched his property, causing damage.
Soldiers also invaded the al-Ferdees village, east of Bethlehem, and handed a young man a military order for interrogation in the Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem.
The young man has been identified as Yacoub Salama ‘Asakra, 32 years of age.
On Thursday evening, soldiers kidnapped a young Palestinian man from Sielet al-Harethiyya town, west of Jenin.
The kidnapped Palestinian, Malek Abdul-Raouf Khabbass, 23 years of age, was taken prisoner at the al-Karama border terminal while traveling to Jordan.