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HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained 15 Palestinians in overnight arrest raids across the West Bank, locals said.

Israeli soldiers raided several areas in the Hebron district and detained 12 young men. Locals said that Israeli forces raided the southern district following the killing of three Palestinians in Yatta.

Witnesses said that Khalil Muhammad Abu Iram and his son Muhammad were detained south of Hebron. Abu Iram is reportedly the owner of a house which was rented by the men killed by Israeli soldiers.

Israeli forces also detained four relatives of one of the victims of Tuesday's killings. Muhammad Mansour Makhamra, his brother Mahmoud, Ibrahim Abdullah Makhamra and his brother Yousuf were identified as those arrested.

In Hebron, Luay Faysal hashlamoun, Anas Ajjouri and Fadi Sabir Burqan were arrested by soldiers, while in Beit Ummar three people were detained.

A local committee spokesman named two of the detainees as 52-year-old Falah Hamdi Abu Mariya and his teenage son Yahya, 17.

Abu Mariya's wife fainted during the arrest raid after Israeli soldiers assaulted him in front of his relatives and a fight broke out. Palestinian medics were only allowed to access the house and help the woman after the Israeli soldiers had left the property.

The teenage son of Jadallah Hammad Sleibi was also detained in Beit Ummar.

In Nablus, Ali Shubeiri, Muatasim Rihan, and Thabit Abu Amsha werre detained.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said 13 people were arrested overnight, four in Nilin, four in Nablus, three in Beit Ummar, one in Hebron, and one in Tulkarem.

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HEBRON, November 27, 2013 (WAFA) – After killing three Palestinians in Yatta, south of Hebron, on Tuesday evening, the Israeli army carried out early Wednesday wide search and arrest campaign in Hebron and area towns, according to security sources.

A special army unit killed Muhammad Nairoukh, from Hebron, and Mahmoud Najjar and Mousa Makhamreh, from Yatta, in an operation the army said aimed at a group that was planning attacks in Israel.

Soldiers opened fire at a car in Yatta killing two people and later killed a third during a search of the area. The three are expected to be buried Wednesday.

Following the operation, soldiers raided Yatta and arrested six people related to the two Yatta residents killed in the army operation.

Soldiers also raided several neighborhoods in Hebron and arrested five people.

In Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, soldiers arrested two 17-year-old Palestinians after searching their homes and assaulting the family of one them, according to Muhammad Awad, an activist with the Popular Committee against Settlements.

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