NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces stormed the West Bank village of Barqa west of Nablus early Thursday and ransacked 36 homes, a Palestinian official said.
Wael Daghlas, a member of the Barqa village council, told Ma'an that hundreds of soldiers were involved in the raid.
Rafat Seif, 48, a resident of the village, told Ma'an that Israeli forces stormed his house at 2 a.m. without warning. Soldiers gathered his family members in one room during the raid, he said.
Seif said Israeli forces ransacked the home and destroyed the contents. He pointed out that his four children did not go to school because they had no clothes to wear.
A Ma'an photographer confirmed the accounts and said Israeli forces also ransacked the house of the Salah family.
Family member Iyad Salah is a long-term prisoner in Israeli jail. The soldiers destroyed his brother's bedroom.
Iyad's 76-year-old mother said "I was awake until 2 a.m., and the Israeli forces came and ransacked the house. more
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