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RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least six Palestinians from the southern and northern occupied West Bank, on predawn Wednesday.

According to Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS), five Palestinians were detained in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem. They were identified as Khalil Khaled Salah, Shihadeh Muhammad Salah, Akram Ibrahim Salah, Ahmad Hussein Salah, and Muntaser Abed al-Karim Sadouq.

In the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, one Palestinian was detained and identified as Islam Raafat Haniya, 24.

According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,450 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, including 48 female prisoners, and 205 minors, 32 of whom under 16 years old.
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Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Bethlehem, One In Tulkarem

by IMEMC News
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, four Palestinian former political prisoners in Bethlehem, and one in Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank, after breaking into their homes and searching them.

Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and abducted four former political prisoners, identified as Ahmad Hussein Salah, Akram Ibrahim Salah, Shehada Mohammad Salah and Khalil Khaled Salah.

Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Thannaba area, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and abducted a young man, identified as Islam Abu Handily.

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also installed roadblocks, stopped and searched many cars, and interrogated the Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.

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