IOF soldiers raid Shufat, round up 5 West Bankers

IOF soldiers raid Shufat, round up 5 West Bankers

[ 02/05/2011 - 02:54 PM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up five Palestinian citizens from Bethlehem and Nablus at dawn Monday and earlier on Sunday evening stormed the Shufat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem.

Local sources said that IOF soldiers arrested four young men in Husan village, Bethlehem district, and one in Assira Al-Shamalia, Nablus district.

They noted that the detention was preceded by violent search of the detainees' homes.

Meanwhile, IOF troops stormed the Shufat refugee camp on Sunday evening and fired teargas canisters at residential quarters.

Many citizens suffered breathing problems while young men threw stones at the invading soldiers.

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