According to the website of Maariv newspaper, the four young men were kidnaped after they set off fireworks while air raid sirens were wailing on a memorial day for zionist soldiers and civilians killed in wars.

The young detainees will be brought before an israeli court to extend their detention at the request of the police, Maariv pointed out.

Earlier on the same day, police officers arrested four Palestinian minors aged between 13 and 16 in the cities of Nazareth and Ramla on allegations of insulting the Israeli flag.

In a separate incident, the zionist occupation forces in the West Bank kidnaped a Palestinian young man at the military checkpoint of al-Hamra in the Jordan Valley.

The young man was identified as Mahmoud Shehadeh, a resident of Fandaqumiya village in southern Jenin. (ILKHA)