West Bank, MINA – Israeli occupation forces launched a large-scale kidnapping campaign across several West Bank governorates early Tuesday, kidnapping 31 Palestinians, including four female students from Birzeit University and a number of former prisoners, according to local sources, as cited by Wafa.
The kidnappings were carried out during simultaneous military raids involving dozens of home searches and the ransacking of property.
In the Tulkarm governorate, Israeli forces kidnapped 13 Palestinians, including several former prisoners, after raiding homes in the city, its suburbs, and the Al-Sha’arawiya area north of the governorate. Among those kidnapped were former prisoners Adnan Khader Al-Husari (60), Raja’i Ahmad Amouri (42), and Abdel Latif Nafea Hamdan (45).
In the Nablus governorate, ten Palestinians were kidnapped following raids on the village of Surra west of Nablus and the town of Beita to the south.
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In the Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate, Israeli forces kidnapped four Birzeit University students: Natalie Abu Diya, Joulan Abu Awwad, Sama Safi, and Leila Khalil. The first three were kidnapped after raids on their homes in Birzeit, while Khalil was arrested from her family home in Beitunia.
Three additional young men were kidnapped during raids on the villages of Deir Abu Mash’al and Abu Shkheidim, northwest of Ramallah.
Israeli forces also raided the village of Beit Ta’mir east of Bethlehem and kidnapped Ali Mohammed Omar Soman (24) after searching his family home.
Prisoner rights organizations say Israeli authorities have significantly intensified kidnapping operations since the start of the war, targeting university students, former prisoners, activists, and other sectors of Palestinian society.[]
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