Israeli occupation forces kidnap five teens in dawn raids near Tulkarem

Date: 08 / 10 / 2008 Time: 15:24
Tulkarem – Ma’an –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped five Palestinian teenagers at dawn on Wednesday in the towns of Qaffin and Anbata, near the city of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank.

Witnesses and a Palestinian official said that the Israeli occupation troops overran Qaffin and attacked locals and farmers on their lands and kidnapped 14-year-old Qusay Ayed Khaled Harsha and 15-year-old Nabil Amad Jamil Khasib, taking them both to Salim military prison near Jenin.

In Anbata, Israeli occupation soldiers forced their way into houses and kidnapped 17-year-old, Muhamad Issam Salim Nassar, and 17-year-old Islam Abdel Karim Hussain Ali and 17-year-old Zaid Burhan Tawfiq Al-Hamdullah. It is not known where they are being held.

Israeli occupation forces broke into two more houses to search for “ wanted” Palestinians. They asked for 17-year-old Jihad Taleb Abdul Fattah Sa’adah and 17-year-old Izz Amjad Ghazi Tum to surrender to the Israeli military.

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