RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained nine Palestinian citizens in various West Bank areas at dawn Monday, Hebrew press reported.
The website of Hebrew daily Yediot Ahronot quoted army sources as saying that the Palestinians were “wanted”.
Dozens of IOF soldiers had stormed the house of a Palestinian in Bir Al-Basha village, to the west of Jenin, on Sunday at the pretext that its owner Abdulhakim Gawadra had tried to attack Israeli soldiers at the Qalandia crossing, north of Ramallah, earlier Sunday.
Local sources said that an intelligence officer accompanied the soldiers, adding that they took photos inside the house, threatened his family, and questioned his brothers.
The soldiers also broke into many homes in the village and searched them, the sources said, noting that Gawadra was mysteriously injured at the Qalandia crossing and that his family said that he had disappeared a few months ago and that he was mentally unstable.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers attacked a soccer stadium in Kufl Hares village, north of Salfit, and attacked the players.
Locals said that IOF soldiers in five armored vehicles stormed the stadium and fired tear gas and stun grenades at the players who were competing in a local championship before beating them.
In another incident on Sunday, IOF soldiers attacked a land defense center in Tal Al-Rumaida in Al-Khalil and beat up volunteers working in it.
The soldiers detained the center’s coordinator and threatened to kill him if he ever ventured anew into the center.
Issa Amr said after his release that the soldiers took him handcuffed and blindfolded to a nearby army base where he was beaten and threatened with liquidation. He said that Jewish settlers spat at him and tried to beat him.
He said that the IOF and settlers’ practices would not deter him from performing his role in defense of Palestinian land and in resisting occupation.
IOF soldiers detain 9 Palestinians, attack sportsmen, activists
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