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RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least five Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, on predawn Sunday.

According to Palestine Prisoner's Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained a Palestinian child in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. He was identified as Muhammad Bajes al-Matour.

In the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, another Palestinian was detained and identified as Khalaf Usama Shakarneh.

In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, PPS said that three Palestinians were detained. They were identified as Anas Awad Hamran, Wadah Khalil al-Shaer, and Fares Abed al-Rahman Awad.

According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,450 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, including 205 minors, 32 of whom under 16 years old.
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Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians Near Jenin

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Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, three Palestinians in Arraba town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

Media sources said many army jeeps invaded the town, before the soldiers stormed and searched several homes and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Anas Awwad and Waddah Khalil Sha’er.

They added that the soldiers also abducted Fares Abdul-Rahman Awwad, after stopping him at a military roadblock near the town.

In related news, the soldiers invaded Barta’a town, which is isolated behind the Annexation Wall southwest of Jenin and searched the home of Abdul-Karim Kabaha while interrogating him and his family.

In related news, the army said its soldiers have detained a young Palestinian man, reportedly after “breaching the perimeter fence in northern Gaza Strip while carrying a knife,” and took him to an interrogation facility.
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Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Teen In Bethlehem

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Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the town of Nahhalin, west of Bethlehem city in the occupied West Bank, and abducted a teenage boy.

Media sources said the soldiers invaded and searched a few homes, and abducted Khalaf Osama Shakarna, 16.

They added that the soldiers questioned several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, and took Shakarna to the nearby Etzion military base and security center.

Also at dawn, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians in Arraba town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

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