IOF troops round up 17 citizens including father and his son

[ 18/01/2010 - 11:25 AM ]

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the home of Abdulfattah Shallade in Sa'ir village, Al-Khalil district, at dawn Monday and rounded him up along with his son Ziyad after ransacking the family home.

Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF thoroughly searched the home before taking away both the father and the son.

Other IOF units broke into several suburbs in Al-Khalil city at an early hour on Monday but no arrests were reported.

IOF soldiers detained 15 other Palestinians in Ramallah district at the pretext they were wanted for interrogation.

Meanwhile, IOF troops prevented farmers in Safa village, north of Al-Khalil, from reaching their land near Gush Etzion settlement.