West Bank [Israel], December 28: Israeli forces have carried out mass arrests and forced dozens of families from their homes in the town of Qabatiya in the occupied West Bank, on the second day of a sweeping military operation ordered by Israel's defence minister.
Israeli forces sealed off entrances to Qabatiya while rounding up and interrogating dozens of residents on Saturday, local sources told Al Jazeera.
They converted several homes into military interrogation centres, displacing their occupants, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency.
The crackdown follows an order by Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz to "act forcefully . against the village of Qabatiya", where he claims a Palestinian alleged of carrying out a stabbing and car-ramming attack in northern Israel hails from.
Rights groups have long condemned Israel's practice of demolishing the family homes of Palestinians accused of attacks against Israelis.
Source:Qatar Tribune
