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NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces arrested three Palestinian youths from the villages of Zawata and Tell in the western Nablus district on Saturday at dawn.

Palestinian security sources said that Israeli forces raided the village of Tell and searched a number of civilian homes, including those belonging to Abd al-Rahim Muhamad Efanah, Abd al-Rahman Aoud Yamin and Mahmoud Salim Yamin.

Israeli forces then arrested Palestinian youth Islam Mahmoud Salim Yamin, 23.

Separately, in the village of Zawata, security sources said that Israeli forces raided the village and arrested Abdullah Yousef Farid Saleh, 22, and Islam Muhammad Ghalib Louleh, 23, before withdrawing.

The villages of Zawata and Tell have both been negatively impacted by the Israeli occupation.

According to the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem, hundreds of dunams of Tell village lands have been confiscated by Israel "primarily for the purpose of establishing settlements, military bases, and the construction of Israeli settlement roads and military outposts."

ARIJ says that although there are no current settlements in Zawata lands, "the village still suffers from Israeli occupation practices; settlements, camps and Israeli military checkpoints exist not far from the village."

Israeli forces routinely detain Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, usually on the pretext of security questioning.

Prisoner rights group Addameer has estimated that around 40 percent of the male Palestinian population has been detained by Israeli forces.
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by IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, the villages of Zawata and Tal, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped three Palestinians.

Several military vehicles invaded Zawata from different directions, before the soldiers stormed and searched a number of homes, and kidnapped Islam Mahmoud Yameen, 23 years of age.

Owners of some of the invaded homes have been identified as Abdul-Rahim Mohammad ‘Affana, Abdul-Rahman ‘Awad Yameen, and Mahmoud Salim Yameen.

In addition, soldiers invaded Zawata village, west of Nablus, also broke into a number of homes, and kidnapped Abdullah Yousef Saleh, 22, and Islamism Mohammad Lolah, 23.

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