Israeli forces raid 4 villages, impose curfew, summon villages for interrogation

Ma'an - Overnight army raid sees curfew imposed on village

Ma'an – Israeli forces entered at least four West Bank towns and villages in the Qalqiliya and Jericho district overnight, imposing a curfew on one town.

Thursday night, a Palestinian Authority police report said, Israeli forces entered the Qalqiliya-area town of Jayyus, conducted patrols of the residential neighborhoods and demanded residents stay indoors until the military withdrew at sun rise.

During the curfew, a report said, several young men were handed summons by Israeli forces, and must present themselves before Israeli intelligence officials in the coming days.

Other teenagers were reported to have thrown rocks at the invading forces, causing a brief clash with no injuries.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said no official curfew was declared, calling the troop movement "usual activity," adding that Jayyus residents threw rocks, bricks and glass bottles at the invading force, lightly injuring one soldier and damaging a military vehicle.

The force responded to the hurled objects with riot dispersal mechanisms, the spokeswoman said.

After midnight on Friday morning, troops entered the Az-Zubeidat village in Jericho's Jordan Valley district, where residents again threw stones at the invading forces. Neither detentions nor summons were reported.

Raids continued in the Ein As-Sultan refugee camp just outside the city of Jericho, with residents telling police that one home was invaded and a summons delivered, demanding that a young man from the family appear before Israeli intelligence officials.