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Smoke rises during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, October 19, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90) Published by 972Mag
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by IMEMC News
Oct 21, 2023

Israeli occupation forces abducted, on Saturday, at least 121 Palestinian citizens after invading their homes in many regions of the West Bank.

JENIN
Israeli forces abducted two Palestinian young men at a flying military roadblock near the Arraba town junction, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

Fadi Bassam al-Hindi, and
Bassam Raed al-Hindi.

NABLUS
Israeli occupation forces invaded and searched a number of citizens’ homes before abducting 15 Palestinian citizens in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and the surrounding towns and villages of Qusra, Yatma, Burqa, Beita, Talouza, and Asira al-Shamaliya.

Abdel Basset Hassan,
Abdel Majeed Hassan,
Zaid Jamal Hassan,
Samed Sanobar
Samih Aliwi
Aseed Farhat,
Nizam Farhat,
Bara’a Barakat Shinar
Nidal Hikmat Saif,
Suleiman Saif,
Gamal Tawfiq Nasr,
Moataz Daghlas,
Majed Daghlas,
Kamal Shukri,
Baraa Imad Salahat, and
Adham Sawalma (former prisoner).

RAMALLAH & AL-BIEREH
Occupation forces invaded the central West Bank cities of Ramallah and Al-Biereh, in addition to the surrounding towns and villages of Rantis, Aroura, Al-Mazraa Al-Gharbiyya, and a flying checkpoint near the village of Umm Safa, and abducted 44 Palestinian citizens.

Islam Majed Danoun,
Saeb Fahmi Abu Salim,
Mahmoud Abdel Qader Abu Salim,
Shaker Abu Salim,
Adeeb Farid Wahdan,
Qais Wahdan,
Fakhr Ahed Khalaf (activist),
Zuhdi Hassan Danoun,
Muhammad Ahmed Abu Turki,
Momen Nazzal,
Ihsan Khaled Khasib,
Khaled Ihsan Khasib,
Yousef Ihsan Khasib,
Hadi Ihsan Khasib,
Muhammad Ihsan Khasib,
Abdul Razzaq Khasib,
Ali Abdul Razzaq Khasib,
Tayseer Khasib,
Qutaiba Khasib,
Ali Abdul Razzaq Khasib,
Muhammad Bassem Khasib,
Rashid Awad Khasib,
Nasr Khasib,
Muhannad Abdel-Aleem Khasib,
Adel Muhammad Qasim,
Rami Theeb Fawaz,
Mohsen Saleh,
Khalil Saleh,
Hassan Adham,
Muhammad Imad,
Ayman al-Atshan,
Ayser Naeem,
Muhammad Shreiteh,
Raafat Rabei,
Akl Rabei,
Yahya Odeh,
Aboud Aboush,
Wael Jumaa,
Khaled Shafiq,
Ali Hanoun,
Siddiq Al-Awri,
Jalal Rummana, and his son,
Muhammad Rummana, and
Marwan Sabbah (head of the Umm Safa village council).

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM
On Saturday evening, occupation forces abducted 8 Palestinians from the occupied city of Jerusalem, in addition to the surrounding towns and villages of Al-Ram, Al-Eizariya, Silwan, and Kafr Aqab.

Hussam Al-Sahouri,
Hamza Bassa,
Abdul Rahman Al-Sharbati,
Muhammad Al-Shawish,
Issa Attoun,
Munir Al-Qaq,
Ashraf Siam, and
Adam Siam.

BETHLEHEM
Israeli soldier stormed and searched many homes in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, in additon to the surrounding towns and villages of Beit Fajjar, Al-Khader, Artas, Tuqu’, Al-Ubaidiya, Jannatah, Marah Rabah, Nahalin, and Mount Handaza, before abducting 26 Palestinian citizens.

Zaid Mahmoud Taqatqa, 26,
Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Qawasmeh, 60, and his son,
Rizq Al-Qawasmeh, 29,
Sameh Ali Taqatqa, 20,
Anwar Mahmoud Taqatqa, 41,
Khaled Mahmoud Taqatqa, 45,
Ibrahim Suleiman Daadou, 24,
Mahmoud Abdullah Atwan, 30,
Ibrahim Ahmed Issa, 22,
Khaled Bannoura,
Ihab Bannoura,
Khaled Muhammad Hamida, 49,
Ali Khalil Jibril, 48, and his son,
Rantis Jibril, 15,
Ahmed Nasser Maraana, 28,
Ammar Salman Maraana, 43,
Ayoub Yaqoub Al-Assa, 38,
Muhammad Abdullah Al-Arouj, 36,
Haitham Abu Ayyash, 28,
Youssef Muhammad Adawi,
Khader Muhammad Al-Dalu, 45,
Nour Al-Din Saleh Al-Sheikh, 19,
Muhannad Muhammad Al-Sheikh, 23,
Izz al-Din Muhammad Shakarneh,
Hassan Ibrahim Najajra, and
Hassan Muhammad al-Wardian, 68.

HEBRON
In the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, and the town of Deir Samet, soldiers abducted 26 Palestinian citizens after breaking into and searching their homes.

Ashraf Rajeh Taha,
Youssef Abu Hussein,
Jamil Talib Al-Ajlouni,
Munjid Dhiyab Al-Jundi,
Mahmoud Sidr,
Adeeb Al-Qawasmi,
Abdullah Salah (university student),
Muhannad Qafisha (university student),
Nimr Ghaith (university student),
Abd Odeh Mahmoud Al-Hroub,
Odeh Al-Hroub
Ezz Mahmoud Odeh Al-Hroub,
Ahmed Muhammad Dhiyab Al-Hroub,
Mahmoud Youssef Abu Al-Abd Al-Hroub,
Moatasem Youssef Al-Hroub,
Fadi Youssef Al-Hroub,
Daoud Al-Hroub,
Bilal Khader Al-Hroub,
Ezz Qasim Awad,
Nabil Al-Rajoub,
Attiya Al-Rajoub,
Tawfiq Al-Rajoub,
Hamza Hussein Al-Hroub,
Hamad Al-Hroub,
Muntaser Al-Hroub, and
Abdul Baset Al-Hroub.
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As Gaza war rages, West Bank faces violent collective punishment>

With all eyes on Gaza, Palestinians in the West Bank are beginning to seethe, caught between outrage at the strip's destruction, spiraling Israeli settler and army violence, and silence from their leaders.

By Fatima AbdulKarim for 972Mag
October 19, 2023

On Tuesday night, the initial shock, mourning, and sorrow that has overshadowed the occupied West Bank since Oct. 7 evolved into anger and outrage, predominantly directed at the Palestinian Authority (PA), following the explosion at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. Tensions flared as protests against the PA’s stance on Gaza turned violent; PA security forces responded with gunfire and tear gas, prompting militants in Jenin to open fire in turn. A 12-year-old, Razan Nasrallah, was killed in the city in the resulting clashes, and several others were injured.

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Prior to the hospital bombing, there had been an almost tangible stillness in Palestinian cities in the West Bank. On the heels of the Hamas-led attack against Israel on Oct. 7, and Israel’s devastating response in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army has imposed a stringent lockdown and movement restrictions on Palestinians in the occupied territory.

The lockdown, which is intended to keep the West Bank firmly segregated as Israel carries out its war, has made Palestinians here feel as if they are reliving the days of the Second Intifada in the early 2000s — a glimpse of which was also seen Tuesday night. Back then, as today, the Israeli military imposed a cantonized strategy across the West Bank, closing off roads with makeshift gates and checkpoints to separate rural villages from larger towns and cities, and those cities from one another. The Israeli authorities also banned Palestinians from driving on many roads connecting the northern and southern West Bank, most infamously through what is known locally as the “Container Checkpoint” near Bethlehem, which is still in operation to this day.

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