Israeli forces kidnap 2 Palestinians in Bethlehem, destroy village in West Bank

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn the Al-Khader town, and Husan village, in the Bethlehem district, and kidnapped a youth and a child. Palestinian sources said that dozens of soldiers invaded the Old Town in the Al-Khader, broke into a home and violently searched it before kidnapping one child, identified as Jihad Omar As-Seer, 14. Soldiers also invaded Husan village, west of Bethlehem, and kidnapped one resident identified as Khattab Mohammad Hamamra. Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers destroyed Khirbit Makhoul Bedouin village in the West Bank’s Northern Plains area, for the fourth time in a row. Local sources have reported that dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the village, approximately at 2:30 at dawn, and forced the residents out of their sheds and tents, and demolished the structures. The attack comes two days after the residents rebuilt their structures, and installed tents, after the army demolished them in a previous attack. Soldiers also drove one of their armored vehicles through a shed that was installed just two days ago after the army destroyed the village for the third time on Monday at dawn. The tents that have been removed, and the structures, were donated by international human rights organizations a few days ago.