The Israeli army attacks a Palestinian village near Nablus and kidnaps four civilians

Thursday January 31, 2008 13:34 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army attacked the village of Beit Dajan, located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, on Thursday at dawn and kidnapped four civilians.

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Witnesses said that around ten military jeeps invaded the village in the early hours; troops searched and ransacked a number of homes before kidnapping four men and taking them to an unknown location.

Local sources identified the four as; Sief Hanini, 19, his brother Ra'ed, Nasser Aby Ladeef, 19, and Mohamed Abu Hanish, 20.

Residents reported that during the search the army made of their homes, troops detonated sound bombs inside, they added that soldiers left unexploded bombs inside the houses they searched during the attack.

The army left the village on Thursday morning shortly after kidnapping the four men.

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