IOF soldiers kidnap child, foreign activists in Beit Ummar march

21 نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني 2010 الساعة . 01:09 م   بتوقيت القدس

 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped a 14-year-old Palestinian child, two other citizens and three foreign solidarity activists who were taking part in the weekly anti wall march in Beit Ummar village, Al-Khalil district, on Saturday.

Local sources said that the soldiers blocked the participants from reaching the land behind the separation wall and arrested the civilians who included Dutch and American activists.

Jewish settlers assaulted the detainees and insulted them after the soldiers took them to the gate leading to the Karmi Tzur settlement prior to interrogating them in one of the detention centers.

Soldiers used force to quell the weekly peaceful march firing bullets and gas and sonic bombs at them. Dozens of the marchers were treated for breathing difficulties and injuries from shrapnel of the bombs.

Meanwhile, IOF troops rounded up three Palestinians in various West Bank areas at dawn Sunday, Hebrew media reported.