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by IMEMC & Agencies

[Friday at dawn October 4, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and a number of nearby villages, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including a political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

Local sources have reported that local youths threw stones and empty bottles at the soldiers after they invaded the Old city of Nablus.

The sources added that a local store caught fire due to the large number of concussion grenades fired by the invading soldiers.

The soldiers kidnapped Zaher Ash-Shashtary, a senior PFLP leader, along with Thabet Nassar, and a third resident who remain unidentified, in addition to kidnapping Yousef Abu Ghalama from Beit Forik nearby town.

Local sources in Nablus said that the soldiers broke into and searched several homes in the center of the city, while sounds of explosions were heard in different nearby areas.

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