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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces raided a supermarket in the town of al-Khader near Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank on Wednesday, confiscating the hard drives of surveillance cameras placed outside.

The owner of the Al-Naji supermarket, Muhammad Mousa Ghneim, told Ma’an he received a call from a neighbor around 2:30 a.m. informing him that Israeli soldiers were planning to raid the supermarket.

According to the neighbor, Israeli soldiers knocked on his door and said they wanted someone to open the doors of Ghneim’s supermarket. Ghneim then rushed to the supermarket and opened the doors for the Israeli soldiers before they could break in.

Ghneim said Israeli forces took the hard drives of two outdoor surveillance cameras from the supermarket, as well as the hard drives of surveillance cameras from a nearby private office, before leaving the area.

The purpose of the raid and the confiscation of the hard drives remains unclear.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an they were looking into reports.

Israeli forces also broke into the Al-Naji supermarket in 2014 during a raid on the town of al-Khader.

At the time, Ghneim told Ma’an Israeli forces detained Ghneim’s father before blowing up one of the doors on the supermarket, causing material damage.

Surveillance cameras recorded Israeli forces inside the store, but the purpose of the raid was still unknown.