Israeli occupation soldiers terrify a Palestinian family in Jenin, force them, including children, under the rain for several hours

Soldiers terrify a family, force them including children, under the rain for several hours

Friday February 01, 2008 03:40 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC saed at imemc dot org

Local sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Thursday that Israeli soldiers broke into the house of Sami Hassan Al-Sous, in Jenin refugee camp, and forced him and his children into the rain and cold winter night, while the soldiers took their time in thoroughly searching the house and damaging their property before arresting four family members

Sources stated that approximately at 2 a.m. on Thursday morning, soldiers surrounded several houses and starting knocking and hitting his door while shouting out loud ordering him to open the door.
 
“I looked through the window as I initially thought it was the wind hitting our doors and windows, but when I looked carefully I found out the the house is totally surrounded by soldiers”, Al-Sous stated, “my whole family was scared, the children were crying and screaming, as I opened the door, ten soldiers jumped in and ordered me to bring everybody to the main door”.
He added that he told the soldiers that his children are sleeping and it is too cold to bring them near the door, but the soldiers forced him to wake his family up and the troops ordered everybody to step out, under the rain and cold winter wind.
Al-Sous stated that he asked the soldiers to allow the children back inside but they rejected his request and continued their search inside the house in search for “wanted resistance fighters”.
As the soldiers found no fighters hiding in the house they arrested the three sons of Al-Sous; Ahmad, Salim and Samer, soldiers also arrested Ali, a relative who was spending the night at the house of Al-Sous.
Later on, soldiers evacuated the area after the family was soaked due to being forced to wait under the rain for several hours.
Meanwhile, Israeli military sources claimed that the army arrested four Palestinians, including a leader of the Islamic Jihad movement.