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BETHLEHEM, October 16, 2014 (WAFA) – Israeli army Thursday arrested a Palestinian youth at an Israeli checkpoint near Bethlehem, according to security sources.

They said that Israeli soldiers arrested 19-year-old Mohammad Fanoun who was traveling to Jerusalem through ‘checkpoint 300’, under the pretext of illegal entry to Israel.

The Israeli authorities rarely issues entry permits for Palestinians either for work or for prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, which drives a large number of them to enter without permits.

Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers broke through into an agricultural area near the village of Rummaneh, northwest of Jenin, and detained a group of farmers and volunteers. They were harvesting olive trees, when soldiers transferred them to the nearby Salim military complex.

The farmers were interrogated by the army officers before they were released.

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