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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, October, 10, 2016.

Israeli troops kidnap at least 12 Palestinians and injuries many others during invasions targeting West Bank communities. These stories, and more, coming up, stay tuned.

Israeli soldiers, and police officers, invaded on Monday at dawn, the ar-Ram town, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and broke into the home of Misbah Abu Sbeih, who was killed Sunday after carrying out a deadly shooting attack in Jerusalem, and detained his daughter, Eman, only 14 years of age.

The family said the soldiers violently searched the property, before taking Eman to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation center. The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and dozens of local youngsters, who hurled stones on the military vehicles, while the soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades.

Eman was taken prisoner after publishing a personal video on her Facebook page in which she said “she was proud of her father, who died a martyr.”

Moreover, Several Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Monday at dawn, the town of ‘Azzoun, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped ten Palestinians.

Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Tulkarem city, and Tulkarem refugee camp, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, kidnapped one Palestinian and injured several others, including a child.

Local sources said the invading soldiers clashed with dozens of youngsters who hurled stones and empty bottles on the military vehicles. The army fired dozens of gas bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets and several rounds of live ammunition, causing many Palestinians to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.

Medics provided the needed treatment to the wounded Palestinians, and moved a child to hospital after she became unable to breathe on her own.

And that’s all for today from the IMEMC News; this was the Monday, October, 10, 2016, news round-up from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. From more news and updates, please visit our website at www.imemc.org Today’s report has been brought to you by George Rishmawi and me Ghassan Bannoura.