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QALQILIYA (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained six Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank overnight and early morning Wednesday.

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society identified two of the detainees from Qalqilya, Muhammad Jamal Nufal, 30, and Amir Khalil Daoud, 28.

The group also identified Anas Omar Abu Asal, 25, from Anabta and Tareq Salim al-Tanib, 28, from the Tulkarem district, as well as
Alaa Omar Zakarneh, 20, and Adel Ghassan Arqawi, 21, from Jenin.

An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an four Palestinians were arrested in the West Bank overnight for illegal activity.

Israeli forces routinely conduct night raids of towns and villages throughout the West Bank. The Israeli army carries out an average of 75 raids a week on West Bank Palestinian neighborhoods and villages, according to Israeli news source Haaretz.

Palestinian residents are often detained during such raids. The total number of Palestinian prisoners detained by Israeli forces was 6,000 in February 2015, according to Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association.

Qalqilya, Tulkarem, and Jenin districts, like many areas that endure night raids, are classified under the Oslo Accords as Area A, according to which the Palestinian Authority has full civil and military authority and Israeli forces are not legally allowed to enter.

Wednesday's arrest occurred as Israeli police arrested five Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem the same day.
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by IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, four Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, stormed and searched dozens of homes, and detained many residents on roadblocks, while two were kidnapped late on Tuesday at night.

Eyewitnesses said the army detained a Palestinian from the al-Hroub family, after stopping him on a sudden roadblock between Deir Samet and Beit ‘Awwa towns, southwest of the southern West bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped him before taking him to an unknown destination.

Also in Hebron, soldiers invaded Surif town, north of the city, searched and ransacked several homes, in addition to invading Beit Ummar nearby town, and Beit ‘Awwa town, south of Hebron.

The army installed a roadblock on the main Hebron-Jerusalem road, searched cars and interrogated the residents.

Media sources in Ramallah said the several military vehicles invaded Birzeit, north of the city, and kidnapped a Palestinian, identified as Ibrahim Ismael Sa’id, 18 years of age, and took him to an unknown destination.

The sources said several military vehicles, accompanied by an armored bulldozer, invaded the town, before dozens of soldiers were deployed in different neighborhoods, patrolling them on foot.

The soldiers also stormed students’ dorms, and searched them, in addition to searching several nearby homes. The army invaded Jifna village, and conducted training while military choppers hovered overhead.

Many homes were searched and ransacked in Deir Abu Mash’al village, west of Ramallah, after the soldiers invaded it, and also stopped and searched several cars while interrogating the passengers and investigating their ID cards.

In addition, soldiers surrounded ‘Anabta village, east of the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Anas ‘Omar Abu ‘Asal, 25, and Tareq Salim at-Tneib, 28 years of age.

Late on Tuesday at night, soldiers installed a sudden roadblock on the Jenin-Nablus road, near ‘Arraba town, and kidnapped two Palestinians from Jenin.

Eyewitnesses said the soldiers kidnapped ‘Ala ‘Omar Zakarna, 20, from Qabatia town near Jenin, and ‘Adel Ghassan ‘Arqawi, 21, from Jenin city. The soldiers left the area after kidnapping the two Palestinians.

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