An Israeli soldier detains a Palestinian boy during an anti-Israel protest in the occupied West Bank.  (Photo: Reuters)

Ramallah, January 24 (RHC)-- Undercover Israeli agents have abducted a Palestinian teenager in occupied Jerusalem al-Quds, while regime forces stormed an area in the West Bank to demolish a newly constructed school there.

The teenager, identified as Saber Abu Nab, was forcibly taken away from a street in Silwan district, south of the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem al-Quds, the Palestinian Information Center reported on Sunday.  Witnesses and local residents said that the teenager was physically assaulted and savagely beaten before being bundled into an Israeli military vehicle.

In recent months, Israeli forces have frequently raided the houses of Palestinians in the West Bank, arresting dozens of people, who are then transferred to Israeli prisons, where they are kept without any charges.  The circumstances surrounding the kidnappings remain unknown, although Israelis carry out such swoops customarily.  

Israel holds more than 7,000 Palestinians in its jails. Most of the prisoners are being held with no indictment or trial, under a controversial policy known as "administrative detention."

In addition, Israeli troops have on numerous occasions been caught on camera brutally killing Palestinians, with the videos going viral online and sparking international condemnation.  Human rights groups have repeatedly criticized the Tel Aviv regime for its shoot-to-kill policy as a large number of the Palestinians killed at the scene of the alleged attacks did not pose serious threats to Israelis.