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RAMALLAH, February 27, 2013 (WAFA) - Israeli forces Wednesday arrested eight Palestinians in the West Bank, six from the Bethlehem area, three of them teenagers, according to Palestinian security sources.

They said Israeli soldiers arrested a 16-year-old boy in Bethlehem after raiding his family home and searching it.

Soldiers also raided a house in the center of Bethlehem and arrested a 19-year-old youth after searching his family home.

In Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem, soldiers arrested a 21-year-old resident as well as an 18-year-old resident of Beit Fajjar south of Bethlehem. Two in their early 20s were also arrested in the village of Housan, west of Bethlehem.

Local sources in Hebron said Israeli forces raided the town of Beit Kahel and arrested two people in their 20s.

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Five Palestinians Detained In Bethlehem District

by IMEMC & Agencies
Wednesday February 27, 2013 11:52

Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Aida refugee camp, and the towns of Beit Fajjar and Husan, near Bethlehem, and Wadi Ma’aly area in the city, and kidnapped four Palestinians.

Palestinian security sources in Bethlehem reported that dozens of soldiers invaded Wadi Ma’aly area, in the center of Bethlehem city, broke into and searched the home of Jamal Ayyad Al-Hreimy, and kidnapped his son Ahmad, 19.

The soldiers also invaded Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Omar Amer Odah, 21, and handed interrogation warrants to resident Abdul-Fattah Ikhlayyil, 45, and his nephews Mohammad, 26, and Mustafa 19.

The three were ordered to head to the Etzion Israeli military and security base, in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.

Furthermore, the army invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Yasser Anwar Thawabta, 18, after breaking into and searching his home.

In Husan village, west of Bethlehem, the soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Dia’ Mer’ey Hamamra, 23, and Moath Abdul-Rahman Hamamra, 24.

In related news, the army kidnapped two Palestinian in Beit Kahel village, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Also on Wednesday at dawn, the army invaded Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped three Palestinians, including a woman. Another woman

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