[ 16/07/2011 – 10:00 AM ]
NABLUS, (PIC)– Several Palestinians in Idhna village west of Al-Khalil suffered from the effects of breathing tear gas after Israeli forces continued to raid several regions of the West Bank on Saturday morning.
Locals said a large Israeli force of seven jeeps and a troop carrier stormed the town, leading to clashes with locals.
Several locals sustained breathing difficulties after the force fired tear gas, stun grenades, and bullets at them.
More night raids took place in Yaabud, located west of Jenin city.
Locals said Palestinians were randomly questioned by an intelligence officer who accompanied the raid, but they were released without arrests.
Separately, Israeli occupation authorities arrested a 19-year-old Palestinian youth from the Nablus area while he was crossing an Israeli bridge with his family on his way to Jordan.
Elements from the Israeli intelligence agency told the family of the arrestee, Ala Hamdan al-Amouri, that there was an order to arrest him without explaining the reason for arrest or where he would be taken.