TULKARM, Monday, October 22, 2018 (WAFA) – Israeli soldiers raided in the early Monday hours Shweikeh neighborhood of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm in pursuit of a Palestinian resident of the neighborhood who allegedly attacked and killed two Israelis in the illegal West Bank settlement of Burkan two weeks ago, according to local reports.

They said soldiers raided the area the family of Ashraf Naalweh, the alleged attacker, lives, threw stun grenade and tear gas at random and raided homes of Naalweh relatives while interrogating them.

Youths threw stones at the soldiers, who fire tear gas and stun grenades at the youths and at the neighborhood causing panic and suffocation.

Soldiers also raided an apartment building, searched the various apartments and interrogated dwellers before leaving it. They also raided a print shop and searched it.

They also searched open fields in the city using dogs before leaving the neighborhood and the city three hours later.

The army has been conducting wide scale manhunt for Naalweh, who was able to flee the scene after the purported attack. His parents and sisters were detained and interrogated several times and their home is regularly raided, searched and ransacked.

M.K.