AL-KHALIL (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - IOF troops kidnapped on Friday at dawn four Palestinian residents of the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil, all of them former captives in Israeli occupation and PA jails, according to local sources.
Local sources informed PIC that IOF troops raided the home of Sheikh Maher Obaid, who is a captive in occupation jails, and kidnapped his son Omar, whose brother Majd is also a captive in occupation jails and who was a former captive in occupation and PA jails.
The sources added that the IOF also raided the Ja’ba neighbourhood at the centre of al-Khalil and kidnapped three brothers; Fathi, Baha’ and Muataz al-Ja’ba, all of them were former captives in occupation and PA jails.
The source pointed to a noticeable absence of PA police from the streets of al-Khalil last night while they returned to patrol the streets in the morning.
It is worth mentioning here that a number of captives in Israeli occupation jails have discovered that the PA militia provides the occupation with false information about the captives and the occupation interrogators start with such information. Some captives said that when he refused to admit to the accusations made by the Israeli occupation interrogator, the interrogator threatened him with calling the PA militia interrogator who provided the information.
Meanwhile, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, IOF troops raided the village of Awarta and opened fire wounding a young Palestinian man, confrontations between local youth and occupation forces ensued.
IOF troops raid this particular village often to provide protection for the settlers who visit places allegedly holy for the Jews.
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