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by IMEMC News
Oct 16, 2024

Earlier Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least six Palestinians, and shot one, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.

In the Hebron, governorate in the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinians after storming their homes and ransacking them in Beit Ummar town, north of the city.

Media activist Mohammad Awad from Beit Ummar stated that the soldiers invaded the Beit Za’ta neighborhood east of the town, searched several homes, causing damage, and abducted former prisoner, Mohammad Sami Hassan Mansour Sabarna, 32.

He was taken to the “Karmi Tzur” settlement camp, established on citizens’ lands and properties north of Hebron.

The army also abducted Haitham Ayad from Al-Arroub refugee camp north of Hebron and took him to an unknown location.

It is worth noting that the occupation soldiers withdrew from Halhoul town, north of Hebron, after an invasion that lasted from Tuesday night until Wednesday morning.

Protests erupted in the Ath-Thaher and Nabi Younis neighborhoods of the town, during which the soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated metal bullets, and toxic gas at the citizens.

The soldiers then shot a young man in the thigh with live bullets, before he was taken to the hospital for treatment.

The invading soldiers forces also detained several citizens for several hours and interrogated them in the field before releasing them.

Additionally, the soldiers set up military roadblocks at all entrances to Hebron and its towns, villages, stopped and searched dozens of vehicles and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.

In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded Doha and Al-Khader towns, west and south of the city, and Al-Obeyyat area, east of the city, searched several homes before abducting Ali Mousa Masalma, from Doha, and former political prisoner Mo’azzaz Khalil Obeyyat, from Al-Obeyyat.

The soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing several Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

In related news, the soldiers closed the Nashash military roadblock, south of Bethlehem, blocking all Palestinian traffic.

In Jenin, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the Al-Yamoun town, west of the city, searched homes and abducted a former political prisoner, who was only released a month earlier, identified as Ali Ja’bari.

In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Asira Ash-Shamaliya, north of the city, searched and ransacked dozens of homes, before abducting a young man, Ibrahim Khalifa, in addition to detaining and interrogating twelve young men for several hours.

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