Illegal Israeli settlers kidnapped two Palestinian youths within the metropolis of Jericho, japanese occupied West Bank on Friday night, Wafa news company reported.
Armed settlers attacked Adi Husni Al-Najjar and Ramadan Jamil Nassar, each former prisoners, close to the city of Al-Auja. The settlers shot at their car’s tires earlier than abducting them.
Amjad Al-Najjar, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, advised Anadolu that the 2 youths are from the al Fawar camp, southern West Bank.
He added that their households are reaching out to authorities, together with the Palestinian-Israeli liaison, to acquire any details about their whereabouts and well-being.
Hassan Mleihat, the overall supervisor of the Albaidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, cited witnesses who confirmed that “armed men in civilian clothes and a civilian vehicle abducted two youths near Wadi Al-Auja.”
“Settlers abducted two people on the road leading to the village of Al-Auja and took them to an unknown location. A search for them is currently underway, as confirmed by witnesses in the area,” he added.
Israel’s inner safety service Shin Bet on Thursday warned that rising assaults by the settlers on Palestinians and their property in West Bank may result in a collapse of nationwide safety.
Tensions have been working excessive throughout the West Bank since Israel launched a army offensive towards the Gaza Strip that has killed over 40,000 Palestinians since final October.
In a landmark advisory opinion on July 19, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land illegal and demanded the evacuation of all present settlements within the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Source: www.anews.com.tr