Israeli forces arrested early Sunday two Palestinians in Al-Issawiya town, near Al-Quds (Jerusalem), and a third in Sourif, near Al-Khalil, and took over a house in Jenin , according to local and security sources. One of the two arrested in Al-Issawiya is Shadi Al-Issawi, 28, a younger brother of Samer Al-Issawi, the Palestinian prisoner in Israeli prisons who is on an on-going hunger strike for more than 209 days in a row till this day, said witnesses. Security sources told Palestine News and Information Agency 'WAFA' that Israeli forces arrested Rizik Khalil, 28, from the town of Sourif, near Al-Khalil, after searching his house and tampering with its contents. Meanwhile, a house was taken over by an Israeli military unit in Yabad near Jenin, north of the West Bank. The house, owned by Palestinian Naseem Abu Baker, is under construction and was turned into a military watch-tower.
