Eyewitnesses reported on Thursday evening that at least six youth were wounded by Israeli military fire after the army invaded Al Far’a refugee camp, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and clashed with local youth, who hurled stones at the invading forces.

The eyewitnesses added that one homemade explosive charge was hurled at a military jeep near the camp and that the explosive directly hit the jeep; the Israeli army reported no injuries.

Later on soldiers, supported by more than 20 military vehicles, closed the area and invaded the camp.

Dozens of youth took off to the streets and hurled stones at the invading forces. Soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition and rubber-coated bullets, causing at least six injuries among the Palestinian youth.

Additionally, soldiers surrounded the camp, installed roadblocks. and initiated a search campaign that targeted dozens of homes in the camp.

The Israeli army invaded on Thursday the village of Duma, south of Nablus city in the northern part of the West Bank, troops kidnapped 24 civilians during the attack.

Local sources said that soldiers and jeeps stormed the village on Thursday at dawn, during the attack that lasted for several hours, Israeli troops searched and ransacked a number of homes, witnesses said that soldiers did cause some damage to the homes they searched.

On Thursday morning the Israeli army left Duma village taking the 24 men to an unknown detention camp.

Sources in the village said that most of those taken by the army are Fatah supporters. The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas heads the Fatah party, who are now leading the peace talks with Israel.

Translated by Ghassan Bannoura- IMEMC News Room

Palestinian sources said that Israeli settlers fired on Tuesday midday home made shells at the village of Buren located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

Local sources said that the two shells landed on open areas near a local farmer house, casing no injures or damage.

Khier Abu Amran, from the local civil defense department in the village told IMEMC that the settlers fired the home made shells from the nearby settlement of Brakha, which is built on the village land.

He added that Israeli troops invaded the village and took the remains of the shells that were collected by the villagers.

Palestinian sources said that the Israeli army attacked the villages of Bit Iba and Assirah-Al-Shamalyiah, both located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday morning and kidnapped two civilians.

Hateem Sama'nah, 23 years old, was taken to unknown detention camp by Israeli soldiers that attacked his home in Bit Iba village on Tuesday, witnesses said.

Meanwhile another force attacked and searched homes in the village of Assirah-Al-Shamalyiah also near Nablus and kidnapped Fadi Sawalha, 20.

Israeli troops invaded the city of Nablus today and searched homes in the city center but no kidnappings were reported there, the sources added.

The Israeli army kidnapped two Palestinian civilians during an invasion targeting the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday.

Local sources said that Israeli troops searched and ransacked the homes of Thaer Al Nasser, 19, and Hassan Qara'nah, 20, in Nablus city before taking the two to unknown locations.

In addition another force invaded Al Ein refugee camp near Nablus; witnesses reported that soldiers searched some homes there.

During the search witnesses said that soldiers took personal information about the families living in these homes and took their cell phone numbers.