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by IMEMC News
May 17, 2020 11:12 PM

Israeli forces invaded the West Bank, early Sunday morning, before dawn, and attacked Palestinians in their homes, including a child.

The troops then abducted the Palestinians and took them to unknown locations for interrogation.

According to local sources, Israeli troops abducted 14-year-old Ammar Thawabteh while he was asleep in his home in Beit Fajjar town in southern Bethlehem.

In another raid, Israeli troops took two young men from their homes where they were sleeping in Ya’bad town, south of Jenin. They were identified as Nidhal Nifiaat, 31, and Mujahed Amarneh, 20.

Separately, Israeli forces released 13-year-old Khaled Asfour, from Ya’bad town in southern Jenin, after detaining him for two days at al-Jalamah crossing in the West Bank.

These pre-dawn raids happen on a nightly basis in the West Bank, with Israeli troops entering various parts of the West Bank in the dead of night and terrorizing the Palestinian residents.
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by IMEMC News
May 17, 2020 10:41 PM

Israeli forces continue to hold the residents of Ya’Bad village, near Jenin in the northern West Bank, under a tight military siege preventing anyone from entering or leaving, while at the same time conducting nightly invasions of the town and abducting youth and young men.

On Sunday, Israeli forces abducted two Palestinians from the town. They were not identified, and no reason was given for their abduction.

According to local sources, the Israeli military battalion entered the village in the dead of night and began ransacking homes. When youth came out to the street to protest the invasion, the Israeli soldiers fired teargas canisters and stun grenades. No injuries were reported.

The town of Ya’bad has now been under Israeli military closure for over a week. The Israeli military isolated the town by closing the entrances with large earth mounds and cement blocks to prevent the residents from going out of the village.

This also prevented farmers from going to their lands to do the planting and agricultural processes that need to be done at this time of year.

People trying to enter or leave the town via trails through farmland were attacked by Israeli forces, who detained them and forced them back into the besieged village.

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