Video shows Israeli forces use commercial vehicle to snatch man in occupied West Bank
CCTV footage has captured the moment an Israeli special forces unit snatched a Palestinian man in the Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem.
The footage published by the Palestinian Media Center shows soldiers jumping out of what looks like a delivery van and dragging Salah Faraj out of a car.
Such tactics have become increasingly common in the occupied West Bank.
In what a UN expert described as a flagrant violation of international law, Israeli special forces last week used an ambulance during a raid in Nablus, where they killed an elderly Palestinian woman and a man.
Last year, Israeli special forces infamously disguised themselves as medical staff and civilians during a raid on a hospital in Jenin, where they shot and killed three Palestinians, one of whom was a patient.
Israeli settlers attack village in the occupied West Bank
Israeli settlers targeted Palestinian homes in the village of Susiya, east of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank overnight. Footage published online by the Quds News Network shows the start of the attack as a group of men, some smoking cigarettes, moved towards the houses.
The violence in Susiya comes after Israeli settlers burned a farmhouse and scrawled graffiti on its walls in a Palestinian village north of Ramallah.
Israeli forces attack home in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces surrounded a house in Qabatiya, south of Jenin, and bombarded it with artillery. Local sources told Palestine’s Wafa news agency that Israeli special forces infiltrated the town and besieged a home on the eastern outskirts as Israeli aircraft flew overhead.
Additional military reinforcements, including a bulldozer, later arrived at the scene. Israeli troops also fired antitank grenades at the house and closed all entrances to the town.
Israeli army carries out numerous raids across occupied West Bank
Palestine’s news agency Wafa reports a spate of Israeli military incursions took place in the following areas overnight:
- Multiple raids have been reported across Nablus with several young Palestinians arrested.
- Footage posted to Telegram and verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency shows the moment when Israeli forces lined up and detained dozens of young men during an assault on the town of Deir Istiya, northwest of Salfit.
- Israeli forces raided al-Khader town south of Bethlehem, firing sound bombs and tear gas towards Palestinian homes and shops.
- Israeli soldiers seized two vehicles during an incursion in the town of Nilin, west of Ramallah, with no reported arrests or injuries.
- Raids were also reported in the villages of Hajjah and Baqat al-Hatab, east of Qalqilya, where residents reported tear gas and sound grenades were used by Israeli forces.
- Local news outlets report Israeli forces stormed the Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah.
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