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RAMALLAH (Ma'an) --
MAY 19, 2019 1:03 P.M. (UPDATED: MAY 19, 2019 2:03 P.M.)

Israeli forces detained three Palestinians, including a minor, from the southern and central occupied West Bank, on predawn Sunday.

According to Palestine Prisoner's Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained one Palestinian in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem. He was identified as Amar Raafat al-Ziyah.

In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, two Palestinians were detained. They were identified as 14-year-old Yousef Ali Abu Awad, who was detained on his way home from school, and Muad Muhammad Samaha, 30.

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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by IMEMC News

Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian In Bethlehem

Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, a young Palestinian man in Teqoua’ town, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said the soldiers abducted Amer Ra’fat Zayyah, 25, after breaking into his home and violently searching it.

They added that dozens of soldiers invaded the town, and fired many life rounds, gas bombs and concussion grenades.

The army said it invaded the town after Palestinian youngsters hurled stones at a colony’s bus, and army jeeps.

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