Israeli forces crash a wedding in the West Bank, kidnap a groom and attack guests with tear gas.
A large wedding ceremony attended by 150 people in the central West Bank village of al-Mujeir was broken up by armed Israeli soldiers on Friday night, when soldiers arrested the groom and three guests and held them for several hours before releasing them.
The forces fired tear gas into the reception hall, and closed the main entrance to the village. Amateur footage showed a spent tear gas canister and empty tables and chairs, some overturned, alongside plates and food thrown on the floor at the venue.
The attack on the wedding was one of several similar operations by the IDF in the West Bank during the past 24 hours:
On Friday, IDF patrols attacked a welcoming ceremony for a released Palestinian detainee in the Jericho area and the Jordan Valley, scattering those present and causing damage to the place.
On Saturday, the forces arrested 10 people in Nablus and in two nearby refugee camps, beat several young people and seized a house, evacuated its residents and established a base of operations.
Attacks, searches and tightening of checkpoint restrictions were also reported in Tamon, the Wadi Burkin area outside Jenin and a refugee camp outside Hebron.
The explosion comes amid what has become the most violent year for Palestinian residents of the West Bank since recording began, when the UN reported 2,100+ settler attacks on villages and farms in the area, seizure of property and animals, sabotage and fatal beatings.
The IDF received a mandate to stop settler violence, the IDF often sided with them, while Israeli officials threatened a "Gaza and Lebanon style" operation in the West Bank.