Salfit – Ma’an – Israeli soldiers raided a northern West Bank village south of Nablus on Wednesday night, forcing their way into Palestinian houses and detaining a teenager.

According to the mayor of the village of Deir Istiya, Israeli soldiers overran the town, raiding houses belonging to Tawfiq Muhammad Abdel Rahman Khaled, Sa’ed Tawfiq Muhammad Khalid, and Dawoud Muhammad Obeid.

Mayor Nathmi Salman said that the soldiers seized Ashos Dawoud Obeid, 18, who is still being held at an unknown location.

In separate raids on Wednesday night, Israeli troops abducted a Hebron man from his home and beat his brother so badly the man was taken to hospital for treatment for a concussion, witnesses said.

Speaking from the hospital Khalil Gheith, a third brother who witnessed the events, described Israeli forces surrounding his family home in the Nemra neighborhood in the north of Hebron. He said they detained his elder brother, 27-year-old Rafe and pulled his 22-year-old brother Mustapha from the home. Four soldiers surrounded Mustapha and beat him with blunt objects on the head repeatedly, he said.

Israeli media reported that the army detained seven Palestinians during overnight raids on the West Bank.