On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian man and injured many residents in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
Several army jeeps invaded the town, especially the Al-Baloa’ area and around the Al-Kabeer Mosque, and closed streets, leading to protests.
Media sources said the soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at the Palestinians and the surrounding homes and buildings, causing many residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The sources added that the soldiers abducted a Palestinian man, Ibrahim Al-Atiyyat, 62, in the Al-Baloa’ area of the town.
Earlier, the soldiers invaded Al-Khader’s Old City and set up military roadblocks in the “At-Tal” area, where they stopped citizens’ vehicles, searched them, and checked the identities of their passengers.
Also on Monday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded several villages and towns near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central part.
On Monday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted eighteen citizens after assaulting many of them following an invasion into the city of Salfit in the occupied West Bank’s central part.
In related news, the army also abducted three Palestinians in Nablus and Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
The soldiers also abducted five Palestinians from their homes in Yatta, south of Hebron, and Beit Ummar, north of the city, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, and assaulted several members of one of the abductees’ family.