The Israeli army kidnap 9 Palestinians in the West Bank

Monday August 25, 2008 10:04 by Rula Shahwan - IMEMC News

Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jenin and Tubas on Monday morning and kidnapped 9 civilians, local sources reported.

Israeli Soldiers

A number of Israeli troops accompanied by 15 military vehicles invaded the town of Beitunia south of Ramallah. Troops launched a wide scale house-to-house search and confiscated some of the residents belongings and ransacked their homes, local sources reported, adding that the soldiers took prisoner four civilians and led them to an unknown location.

Also in Ramallah, troops invaded Al Jalazun refugee camp and shot a number of concusion grenade in residential areas. Troops randomly searched and ransacked several houses in the camp and kidnapped two civilians.

In The West Bank city of Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers raided Dar Salah village, east of the city. Soldiers spread through out several neighborhoods and ransacked houses, and kidnapped 3 civilians and took them to an unknown destination.

Moreover, troops invaded the West Bank city of Tubas and the nearby refugee camps. The soldiers setup several road blocks at the refugee camps entrances restricting the movement of civilians.

Meanwhile In Jenin area, troops invaded several villages, and deployed in the streets and shot extensive random gunfire and concusion grenades and ransacked houses, before they left the area. The reason behind this invasion remains unknown.

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