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by IMEMC News
Aug 27, 2020

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) in a statement, confirmed the detention of 24 Palestinians, including a journalist.

The PPS stated that at least 10 Palestinian civilians were arrested from several areas of the Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate, in the central occupied West Bank.

The Israeli forces detained two former Palestinian lawmakers, Ahmed Atoun, and Abdul Jaber Faqha, Musab Saeed who is a journalist from Birzeit town north of Ramallah. Israeli forces also detained Yaqoub Hussein, who is a former prisoner, Shuja Darwish, Maher Shreiteh, Fadi Hamad, Amr Abu Ghosh, Arafat Nasir, and Raafat Abu Rabee.

In the northern West Bank Tulkarem governorate, two youths, Luay Rasim Abu Shuqair, 19, and Nasser Osama Nassar, 18, were detained by Israeli soldiers.

The PPS added that at least 7 Palestinians were detained from occupied East Jerusalem, including the Director of the Office of the Secretary-General of the National People’s Congress, Moaz Al-Ashhab, Arafat Naguib, Obadah Najib, Muhammad Awad, Mustafa Al-Tarhouni, Muhammad Nayef Obeid, and Salama Ghasseb Ubaid.

In the northern West Bank Nablus governorate, Israeli forces stationed at a military roadblock, detained Ibrahim Shaher Ziada and Ahmed Imad Ziada from Madama town, south of Nablus city. Ahmed Eid and his son Ismail Eid, from Burin town, southwest of Nablus, were also detained and then released.

Another former prisoner, Youssef Jamal Al-Zubaidi, from Jenin, in the northern West Bank, was detained by Israeli troops.

The Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported that Abdul Jaber Faqha was released, and that Israeli special forces entered the Jenin refugee camp using a Palestinian-registered civilian vehicle, and rearrested Youssef Jamal Al-Zubaidi from his restaurant.

Video: WAFA News Agency
[Jerusalem: The occupation forces arrested the child Abdullah Ubaid from his home in the village of al-‘Isawiya]

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