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by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday, a young Palestinian man from Hebron, at the “Container Roadblock", east of occupied East Jerusalem.

The soldiers also invaded Hebron city, searching several homes and installing roadblocks in various areas in the district.

Local sources said the soldiers kidnapped Yousef Hasan Masalma, age 25, as he was trying to cross the roadblock, and took him to an unknown destination.

In addition, several military jeeps invaded Beit ‘Awwa town, west of Hebron, broke into and searched several homes in various neighborhoods after surrounding them.

The sources added that the army installed roadblocks at the main entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, north of Hebron, and ath-Thaheriyya town, south of the city, stopped and searched dozens of cars and investigated the ID cards of the passengers.

In related news, soldiers stationed at the Huwwara roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, installed strict security measures in the area, preventing the residents from crossing, and directing traffic to the ‘Awarta roadblock.