IOF storm villages in Occupied Palestinian Territories

IOF violently storm villages in Occupied Palestinian Territories, detain youths

July 5, 20120 comments

Sourced from Palestinian Information Centre
05/07/2012

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday stormed several Palestinian villages and a refugee camp in dawn and daytime attacks, invading and damaging civilians’ homes, using stun grenades and teargas against citizens, and setting up checkpoints in the streets, representing serious escalations of attacks on the Palestinian citizenry.

IOF arrested a Palestinian youth in Sorif town, Al-Khalil, after breaking into his family home on Thursday, local sources said.

A Palestinian security source told Quds Press that Mahdmoud Abu Humaidan was taken from his family home after IOF wreaked havoc on it.

IOF soldiers also stormed a number of suburbs in Al-Khalil city and three nearby villages, and erected checkpoints in their streets.

It was reported that at dawn the same day, IOF stormed three villages to the west of Jenin and arrested a young man and questioned two others.

They said that the soldiers arrested Ahmed Khaluf, 28, from his home and broke into and ransacked the home of Raed Obaidi in Brukin village.

Other IOF units burst into the Hashemiya and Kufr Qud villages, roamed the streets, and searched vineyards.

IOF also stormed Doheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem at dawn Thursday, and served summonses to a number of young men before engaging in violent confrontations with its inhabitants.

Eyewitnesses said that young men threw stones and empty bottles at the invading troops who responded by firing stun grenades and teargas canisters.

They said that the soldiers broke into many houses in the camp including that of Emad Assaf, who was liberated in the second stage of Wafa Al-Ahrar prisoners’ exchange deal, and handed him a summons.

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