At approximately 1:30 am three military jeeps and over a dozen soldiers invaded the village of Ni'ilin and surrounded the home of elementary school teacher and organizer Mohammed Amirah.

Mohammed Amirah during a demonstration in Ni'ilin on 17 July 2008. Picture credit: Oren Ziv/ActiveStills

Two officers and a handful of soldiers than entered Amirah's home, carefully went through his family's belongings and questioned him about his family, occupation and phone numbers.

After about an hour in Amirah's residence, the soldiers have left, and headed out of the village.

In the past week the army has staged night-raids into Ni'ilin every single day with no exception, and tonight's raid follows the arrest of three prominent Ni'ilin activists last night.