NABLUS, November 26, 2015 (WAFA) – The Israeli army Tursday confiscated eight buses which belong to the Tamimi bus transport company, during a predawn offensive in Nablus city on Thursday, according to local sources.

Samir Bishtawi, director of the bus station in Nablus, said at about 2:00am, he received a phone call from an Israeli army officer who ordered him to show up at the station, or otherwise the army will ‘destroy’ the buses under a military order.

After he arrived, Israeli soldiers switched the eight buses on and were seen driving them out of the city at midnight.

The Israeli military claimed the eight buses had partaken in transporting youth protesters to Israeli checkpoints outside Nablus to participate in clashes with Israeli troops.

Since early October, the number of confrontations and protests between Palestinian youth and the Israeli army has been on the rise. So far a total of 100 Palestinians, mostly teens, have been killed by Israel’s use of excessive force. 

On Wednesday alone, two Palestinian youths were announced dead by the ministry of health, after succumbing to critical wounds sustained during unarmed protests, during which Israeli soldiers use live and rubber-coated steal rounds against the youth. 

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