Israel launches new round of West Bank raids

Source :   Al Akhbar English

Israeli forces arrested a young Palestinian at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Jenin at dawn on Friday, before raiding several homes in a nearby village to deliver summons for questioning, local media reported.

WAFA news agency said that soldiers arrested 22-year-old Oweis Mazen Noahida from the town of Yamoun at an army checkpoint near the illegal Mabo Dothan settlement, without providing further details.

Meanwhile, soldiers raided homes in the village of Sanur early Friday to deliver summons to residents Mohammed Issa (25 years), Murad Gharbiyya (23 years), Suleiman Jarrar (23 years), and Abdullah Issa (24 years), the report added.

The arrest comes just hours after Israeli forces raided homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Bir Ayyub, in the town of Silwan, Thursday evening and arrested seven men.

Witnesses told WAFA that soldiers assaulted three women from the Roweidi family as their young children watched in fear during one raid.

Israeli forces also summoned three others for questioning, the report added.

Earlier on Thursday Israeli forces kicked in the doors of a home in the southern West Bank town of Beit Ummar and arrested 25-year-old Raed Ikhlayel, a Palestian official cited by Ma’an news agency said.

He said a 15-member force raided the home at 6am and rushed the youth away in a white, unmarked van.

A number of other Palestinians were detained Thursday during a Nablus demonstration in solidarity with jailed Palestinian hunger striker Samer Issawi.

(Al-Akhbar)