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JERUSALEM, April 16, 2014 – (WAFA) – Israeli forces arrested Wednesday eleven people from Jerusalem and Beit Ummar to the south of Hebron, said local sources.

Israeli police arrested six people, including a minor, at the gates leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

They also arrested another person after breaking into and searching his house in the old city of Jerusalem and handed a family a notice for her child to appear before Israeli intelligence.

Meanwhile in Hebron, forces stormed Beit Ummar, where they arrested the Secretary General of the Anti-settlement Popular Committee in Beit Ummar, Khalil Abu Hashem, 47 along with his 18-year-old son after breaking into and searching their houses, according to Spokesperson of the committee Mohammad ‘Awad.

‘Awad added that soldiers also arrested two people aged 18 and 21 years after breaking into, searching and wrecking havoc into their houses.

He noted that soldiers blocked the main access road of the town for an hour and a half before retreating and took the abducted (detained) Palestinians to the settlement of ‘Etzion’.

Forces set up checkpoints in several neighborhoods in Hebron city as well as at the entrances of Halhul, Idhna and Saʻir, where they stopped Palestinian vehicles travelling along the way and inspected passengers’ ID cards.

K.F./T.R.

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