On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted thirteen Palestinians from their homes, and injured one, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said.
The PPS office in Nablus, in the northern West Bank, said several army jeeps invaded the Askar refugee camp east of the city, searched homes, and abducted a former political prisoner, Ezzeddin al-Aqra.
The PPS added that the soldiers invaded Beita town south of Nablus, searched homes, and abducted Mohammad Jabr Hamayel.
In Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the soldiers abducted two former political prisoners, Ali Taiseer Zakarna and Wisam Abu ar-Rob, after storming their homes and ransacking them, causing damage.
The soldiers also invaded the nearby villages and towns of Faqqu’a, Aneen, Tayba, Rommana, Toura, al-Arqa, and Zabbouba, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinian workers near the gates of the Annexation Wall while trying to cross.
Furthermore, several army jeeps invaded the al-Biereh city in the central West Bank, searched many homes, and abducted two young men, Mostafa Ali Sleiti, 19, and Ahmar Al-Kharouf, 21.
The invasion led to protests before the soldiers shot a young man with a live round in the abdomen; Palestinian medics rushed him to a hospital.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, including a teenage boy.
The PPS office in Hebron said the soldiers abducted a child, Nizar Abu Aisha, after storming and ransacking his family’s home in the Abu Romman Mountain area in Hebron city.
It added that the soldiers also abducted Anan Mohammad Abu Afifa and Hazem Thiab from their homes in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp north of the city.
The soldiers also invaded the Dahiat al-Baladiyya area, Wad al-Harya, and Jaber neighborhood in Hebron before storming and violently searching homes owned by Palestinians from the local Jaber and Abu Sneina families.
In addition, the army installed roadblocks on Hebron’s Northern Roads and the main streets leading to the towns of Beit Kahil, Sa’ir, and Halhoul, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society identified the abducted Palestinians as:
- Mohammad Jabr Hamayel, Beita – Nablus.
- Ezzeddin Al-Aqra’, Askar refugee camp – Nablus.
- Wisam Abu ar-Rob, Qabatia – Jenin.
- Ali Taiseer Zakarna, Qabatia – Jenin.
- Mostafa Ali Sleiti, 19, al-Biereh – Ramallah.
- Ahmar al-Kharouf, 21, al-Biereh – Ramallah.
- ‘Ahed Semirat, Silwad – Ramallah.
- Mahmoud Mousa Khalifa, al-Obeydiyya – Bethlehem.
- Hazem Thiab, al-Arroub refugee camp – Hebron.
- Anan Abu Afifa, al-Arroub refugee camp – Hebron.
- Nizar Shehada Abu Aida, Hebron.
- Laith Mohammad Obeyyat, Fasayel – Jericho.
- Ahmad Kamel Shalalfa, Fasayel – Jericho.
