RAMALLAH, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 (WAFA) – An Israeli army unit raided the central West Bank city of Ramallah early this morning in an apparent search-and-arrest campaign, said local sources.
They said the forces were in the vicinity of the Palestinian Legislative Council were youths belted them with stones and the soldiers responded by firing teargas canisters and stun grenades to disperse the youth.
One person was detained after raiding his home.
Soldiers also raided two Ramallah-area villages and detained Omar Barghouti, 67, who has several health problems, and his son, Mohammad, 19, in the village of Kubar, north of Ramallah, and Mahmoud Murrar, a lawyer, in the village of Budrus, west of Ramallah, and seized his car. The soldiers also raided several homes of people related to Murrar.
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