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NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained 12 Palestinians in overnight arrest raids across the West Bank, locals and Israel's army said.

In Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers detained Safwan Riyad Abu Srour, 17, after raiding his family home in Aida refugee camp.

Ali Audah al-Rashayda, 48, was also detained in the Bethlehem area while driving to the village of al-Rashayida.

Sufyan Marwan Hudeib, 16, Yahya Muhammad Qneibi, 18, and Ahmad Waddah Shehadah, 22, were arrested in Hebron, while two arrests were reported by locals in the Jenin town of Arraba.

In Nablus, Israeli soldiers raided Askar refugee camp and detained Ismail Abu Fayid, 28, and Muhammad Abdul-Mahdi Abu Hayya, 25.

Two other men Hasan Abd al-Latif Abu Swelim, 24, and Issa Yousif Ahmad, 20, were detained east of Nablus.

Ahmad, a university student, was assaulted by Israeli soldiers during his arrest after he spat at Israeli forces, witnesses said.

Yasar Nassar, 23, was arrested in the Nablus village of Madama.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said 12 Palestinians were detained overnight, four in Hebron, three in Tulkarem, two in Nablus, two Ramallah, and one in Bethlehem.

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by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

[Monday at Dawn, February 24, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, kidnapping ten Palestinians. The army also kidnapped two from their work places in historic Palestine, the Ma'an News Agency has reported.

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Resident Mahmoud Mohammad Sheebany, from the Arraba town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, was also kidnapped from his work in historic Palestine.

In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, soldiers kidnapped Sufian Marwan Hdeib, 16, Yahia Wael Qneiby, 18, and Ahmad Waddah Shihada, 22.

Soldiers also kidnapped four Palestinians in the northern West Bank district of Nablus.

Local sources said that the army invaded the Askar refugee camp, and a neighborhood in Nablus, and kidnapped Ismael Abu Fayed, 28, Mohammad Abdul-Mahdy Abu Hayya, 25, Hasan Abdul-Latif Sweilem, 20, and a university student identified as Issa Yousef Ahmad, 20.

Several Israeli military jeeps also invaded Madama village, south of Nablus, kidnapping one Palestinian identified as Yasar Nassar, 23.

The invasions and arrests are part of ongoing Israeli campaigns and violations against the Palestinian people and their property in different parts of occupied Palestine.

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