Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday 13 April 2022 kidnapped 17 Palestinian citizens in multiple raids across the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT).
IOF shot and wounded two young men and kidnapped one of them near the main entrance of Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron.
In the central West Bank, IOF raided the house of a former prisoner in al-Bireh city, searched it, and kidnapped him.
In the northern West Bank, Israeli occupation vehicles stormed Beita town, south of Nablus, and kidnapped five people.
They conducted a similar raid in al-Lubban al-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus city, resulting in the kidnapping of two brothers. They also briefly held a barber, brutally assaulted him, and wreaked havoc inside his shop.
IOF also raided the nearby village of Urif where they kidnapped one person and ransacked his family home.
In Jenin city in the north of the West Bank, undercover forces driving two Palestinian-licensed vans sneaked into Qabatia town, south of Jenin city, and abducted one person.
In addition, Israeli occupation troops rounded up two others in separate two raids in Kafr Rai and Jaba villages, southwest of the city.
Israeli occupation soldiers also raided the eastern neighborhood of Jenin city, broke into and ransacked several houses, and kidnapped three men.
Meanwhile, a special force driving a Palestinian registered civilian car sneaked into Tubas and re-arrested a former prisoner from his parents’ house.
In Tulkarm city, a large Israeli military force stormed Kafr al-Labad town, east of the Tulkarm city, deployed in its streets and alleyways, triggering violent confrontations.
In occupied East Jerusalem, IOF kidnapped last night a photojournalist while covering events at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate and another from inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
They also kidnapped two others; one from Sultan Suleiman Street and another after beating him up from the vicinity of Shufat military checkpoint.
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