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by IMEMC News & Agencies

4-year-old Hassan Ashour has died of wounds sustained during confrontations which erupted on Friday, in Beit Furik, east of Nablus, according to medical sources. At least seven Palestinians have been abducted by Israeli forces across the West Bank, on Monday.

Also in the Nablus district, Israeli forces raided Burin and the city of Nablus, where they broke into and tore apart several homes, kidnapping two Palestinians.

Furthermore, in the Bethlehem district, forces also raided Dheisheh refugee camp, where they took one 46-year-old Palestinian after breaking into and searching his home.

Meanwhile, a 21-year-old Palestinian from Nahalin, to the south of the city, was arrested while working in Jerusalem, allegedly for working without an entry permit.

In Ramallah, Israeli troops raided the neighborhood of al-Tireh neighborhood, abducting two Palestinians after breaking into their homes.

Lastly, in Tulkarem, troops raided the local refugee camp, taking with them Fatah Secretary Hisham Muhammad Abu Zgheib, after breaking into and ransacking his home.

Confrontations are ongoing in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, and have been in a state of extreme escalation since Israel began its current assault on the Gaza Strip, in early July.
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Israeli forces detain Fatah official in Tulkarem refugee camp

TULKAREM (Ma’an) – Israeli forces raided Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern West Bank early Monday morning and detained a top Fatah official from his home in the camp.

Palestinian security sources told Ma’an that several Israeli military vehicles stormed the camp at 4 a.m. before troops ransacked the home of Hisham Muhammad Abu Zgheib, 37 and detained him.

Abu Zgheib is secretary-general of the Fatah movement in the camp.

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