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by IMEMC News
May 9, 2019 1:08 PM

Israeli soldiers abducted, late on Wednesday evening until dawn hours Thursday, at least nine Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed.

The PPS said the soldiers abducted four Palestinians, identified as Aseed Shehada, 25, As’ad Safadi, 27, Firas Shehada, 22, and Abdullah Shehada, from Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

It added that the soldiers also abducted Ala Tawfiq Ghawadra, from Bir al-Basha village, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, while crossing a military roadblock near Ya’bad town, west of the city.

In addition, the soldiers abducted four Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem; two of them identified as Mahdi Abu ‘Assab and Mohammad Abu ‘Assab.

Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, and police officers, assaulted many worshipers in Bab al-Asbat and Bab al-‘Amoud, just as they were leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and abducted three of them.

The soldiers also attacked many Palestinians, sitting in the Bab al-‘Amoud square, especially on its famous stone stairs, and hurled concussion grenades at them, before forcing everybody to leave, without any justification.
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Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians Near Nablus

by IMEMC News
May 9, 2019 10:47 AM

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the village of Orif, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched homes and abducted four young Palestinian men.

The soldiers interrogated several Palestinians while searching their homes, and examined their ID cards, before abducting the four young men.

The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Aseed Abdul-Hafith Shehada, 25, As’ad Safadi, 27, Firas Mohammad Shehada, 22, and Abdullah Baha’ Shehada.

The soldiers also searched many other homes in the village, and interrogated several Palestinians, before withdrawing.

In related news, illegal Israeli colonists invaded Solomon Pools area, between the Palestinian towns of Ertas and al-Khader, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, after the army closed it to the Palestinians.

On Wednesday at night, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Moneeb Abu Assab, from his home in Jerusalem’s Old City.
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Israeli Soldiers Attack Worshipers Leaving Al-Aqsa Mosque In Jerusalem, Abduct Three

by IMEMC News
May 9, 2019 3:08 AM

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Wednesday evening, Palestinian Muslim worshipers in the al-Asbat and Bab al-‘Amoud areas, in occupied East Jerusalem, while leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and abducted three of them.

Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, and police officers, assaulted many worshipers in Bab al-Asbat and Bab al-‘Amoud, just as they were leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and abducted three of them.

The soldiers also attacked many Palestinians, sitting in the Bab al-‘Amoud square, especially on its famous stone stairs, and hurled concussion grenades at them, before forcing everybody to leave, without any justification.

The soldiers also chased the Palestinians in al-Misrara area and Sultan Suleiman Street, and hurled concussion grenades at them.

Eyewitnesses said the attacks took place just as hundreds of Palestinians, including women, children and the elderly, were leaving Al-Aqsa through Bab al-‘Amoud, and continued to hurl concussion grenades at them.

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