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by IMEMC News

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least nine Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded and searched them.

The PPS in Ramallah, in central West Bank, said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ali Shreiteh, Yazan Ahmad Abu Qare’ and Mohammad Faisal Ladadwa, from al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya village, and Ahmad Ra’fat from Kobar.

The soldiers also invaded and searched homes in Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank, and abducted a young man, identified as Ali Yousef Kamil, from Qabatia town, south of Jenin city.

The PPS office in Nablus, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers also invaded ‘Orif village, south of the city, searched homes and abducted Omar Faleh Safadi, 20.

In addition, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Mousa al-Abbassi, 16, from his home in Silwan town, in the center of occupied East Jerusalem.

Another young man from Silwan, identified as Yazan Siyam, was abducted in Bab al-‘Amoud area, in Jerusalem’s Old City, before the soldiers took him to an interrogation facility in the city.

Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ahmad al-‘Ayasa, 43, from his home in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem.

In related news, the soldiers installed many roadblocks across the West Bank, especially around Hebron, in the southern part, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
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Minor among 7 Palestinians detained by Israeli forces

RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least seven Palestinians, including a minor, across the occupied West Bank, on predawn Thursday.

Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said that one Palestinian was detained in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem. He was identified as Muhammad Ahmad al-Aisa.

In the central West Bank district of Jerusalem, another Palestinian was detained and identified as Muhammad Mousa Abassi, 15.

In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, four Palestinians were detained. They were identified as Muhammad Ali Shraitah, Yazan Abu Qaraa, Muhammad Faysal Lidadweh, Ahmad Raafat al-Ghazawi.

In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, one Palestinian former prisoner was detained and identified as Ali Yousef Kamil.

According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,400 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, including 215 minors, 30 of whom under 16 years old.
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