TEHRAN – Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launch a mass kidnap campaign across the occupied West Bank, abducting many, including a mayor. The large-scale kidnap campaign started early Sunday with an unknown number of Palestinians kidnapped, including a former Arab Knesset member and former prisoners.

The raids, which targeted multiple towns and cities, involved violent home invasions, searches, and field interrogations.
In the city of Nazareth, the IOF kidnapped former Arab Knesset member Haneen Zoabi from her home. She was taken in for questioning over allegations of “incitement to terrorism.” The charges stem from a speech she delivered at an anti-Israel conference held outside the occupied West Bank.

In Nablus, the IOF kidnapped several former prisoners, including Qutaiba Azem from Sebastia, Mahmoud Abdel Hadi from Azmut, and Musab Mleitat from Beit Furik, whose wife was previously kidnapped months ago.

Additional kidnappings in the area included Nadim Wajih from Qusra and Miqdad Sabah from Urif, following home raids in which regime troops ransacked personal belongings.

In the northern West Bank governorate of Tulkarm, the IOF kidnapped Mohammad Sultan Mallah and Dr. Mujahid Burhan Shadeed after storming the towns of Allar and Seida. Several residents were subjected to on-the-spot interrogations.

In the southern city of al-Khalil (Hebron), raids extended to multiple towns and villages. Those kidnapped include Adam Tamer Abu Irqoub from Dura, Mustafa al-Taweel, brother of Palestinian prisoner Anas Al-Taweel, from Qeizoun, and Mohammad Hussein Al-Alami from Beit Ummar.

In Salfit (central West Bank), the IOF kidnapped Ibrahim Asi, the mayor of Qarawat Bani Hassan, and confiscated a municipal bulldozer and crane. 
The kidnapping came after a Palestinian vehicle removed a concrete barrier near an IOF checkpoint at the town’s western entrance, following a traffic accident.

Meanwhile, in the town of Jaba’a, south of Jenin, IOF troops continued their military invasion for a third day, carrying out kidnappings and field interrogations of Palestinian youth.
This latest campaign marks one of the most extensive raids in recent months, amid ongoing tensions and increased illegal IOF military activity across the occupied territories.

Thousands of Palestinian hostages are languishing inside the Israeli prison system in very gruesome conditions, including women and children. None of them has had access to a fair trial and face years behind bars without having committed any offense under the occupying regime’s so-called administrative detention.