On Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank and abducted at least 41 Palestinians, including siblings, father, and their sons.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a teenage boy, Yazan Mhanna, from his home in the Al-Isawiya town.
The soldiers also abducted Tamer Omar Hammouda, Omar Awni Hammouda, Mohammad Yasser Shawamra, Ibrahim No’man Makhtoub, and Mohammad Joseph Wahdan from their home in the Al-Qubeiba town northwest of Jerusalem.
Also, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Issa Hmeidan from his home and assaulted several members of his family before briefly detaining them in Biddu town, northwest of Jerusalem.
In Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, the soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes and abducted ten Palestinians from the city and surrounding towns.
The abductees are Tha’er Mohammad Ja’bari, Malek Abdul-Alim Ja’bari, Ibrahim Nimir Ja’bari, and Abdul-Fattah Al-Qaddoumi, from the city, in addition to Shadi Ghneimat, his son Mahmoud Ghneimat, Mohammad Mahmoud Ghneimat, his brother Ahmad Ghneimat, and Saleh Jibril Abu Fara, from Surif town, northwest of Hebron, and Maher Abdullah Masalma from Deir Samet town, southwest of Hebron.
In Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Mos’ab Taha Al-Arouj from the Al-Arouj area east of the city, Hammouda Yassin Abu Srour from Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem, Ali Ahmad Taqatqa, Ahmad Hussein Taqatqa, Ja’far Mahmoud Taqatqa, his son Ali Taqatqa, Osama Mohammad Taqatqa and Ali Ahmad Taqatqa.
During the invasion, the soldiers caused damage to many homes and assaulted several Palestinians while interrogating them.
In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers detained and assaulted three Palestinian farmers on their lands in the Khirbat Yanoun village in Aqraba south of the city before releasing them.
In Tulkarem, in the northwestern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Noureddin Sheikh, Anas Nasser Miskawi, Mohammad Farhana, and Maan Sharif from Ektaba and Shweika suburbs, Anas Eshteiwi from the Northern Neighborhood, Bassa Na’alwa, Moath Ma’moun Nafe’, Mohammad Jamal Abu Ni’ma, and former political prisoner Abdul-Latif Lutfi Melhem.
In Tubas, in the northwestern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Fakhri Abu Mohsin, a member of the City Council, in addition to former political prisoners Faze’ Sidqi Sawafta and Ashraf Mustafa Daraghma.
In Qalqilia, in the northwestern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Rateb Faraj and Tha’er Al-Haj Hasan.
In Jericho, in the northeastern West Bank, undercover soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Saleh Ghrouf from his home in the Ein Al-Sultan refugee camp.
In Salfit, in the central West Bank, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers uprooted ten olive trees, and assaulted many Palestinian farmers, north and west of Kafr Ed-Deek town, west of the city.