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NABLUS (Ma‘an) 20 July -- Israeli forces raided the village of Talluza near Nablus on Wednesday morning and arrested two Palestinians. The Israeli army carried out an air drop into the town at dawn on Wednesday, locals told Ma‘an, and raided several homes in the village, arresting a father and his son. Local residents accuse the army of stealing gold and other valuables from homes. Rabah Salahat, a resident of the village, told Ma‘an that soldiers stole gold belonging to his wife [probably her dowry, her 'insurance' against family disaster - death, divorce, etc] after raiding his home at 2.00 a.m. and ordering his family outside. Soldiers damaged the contents of the house, smashed windows and stole the identity card of his wife, in addition to taking jewelry worth four thousand dinars, he told Ma‘an.

In a separate incident, Israeli aircraft carried out air drops and military drills at the entrance to Tubas in the northern West Bank, while military vehicles patrolled the streets in the Jenin district. No arrests were reported. Security sources said that Israeli military vehicles had raided Jenin, and the villages of Faqqua, Deir Abu Da‘ef and Beit Qad. An Israeli army spokesman said he was unaware of any detentions or unusual activity in the district.