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JENIN (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained five Palestinians from the Tura village in Yabad of southwestern Jenin district early Wednesday.

Palestinian security sources identified the detainees as Mutaz Muwaffaq Qabha, 22, Abdullah Sami, 23, Ayham Muhammad Fayiz, 22, Muhammad Subhi, 26, and Abdullah Saleh Ahmad, 23, after raiding and searching their homes.

The detainees were taken to an unidentified location.

An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an she did not recieve any reports of arrest in the area.

While Tura is not under Israeli jurisdiction according to the Oslo Accords, Israeli forces regularly enter the area.

Israeli authorities closed the entrance of Tura for more than five consecutive days in February 2015, placing a military checkpoint at the village entrance preventing residents, including students, from getting in or out of the village, as reported by local news sources.

Night raids by Israeli forces are routine occurrence in Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Israeli forces conducted at least 62 military incursions throughout the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem between April 9-15, 2015, according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.

During these incursions, Israeli forces arrested at least 69 Palestinians, including four children and a woman. Thirteen of these Palestinians, including the four children, were arrested in Jerusalem.
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by IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, five Palestinians in a village near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and one near Ramallah; soldiers also invaded several villages and towns in Hebron.

Several army vehicles invaded Toura village, near Ya’bad, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, kidnapped five Palestinians, and detained another on a nearby military roadblock.

The soldiers stormed into several homes, and violently searched them, before kidnapping Mo’taz Mwaffaq Qabaha, 22, Abdullah Sami, 23, Ayham Mohammad Fayez, 22, Mohammad Sobhi, 26, and Abdullah Saleh Ahmad, 23 years of age.

Local sources said the soldiers broke into the Palestinian homes, and violently searched them, causing excessive property damage, before kidnapping the five Palestinians.

In addition, soldiers detained Fayez Mohammad Qabaha, 31, on a military roadblock installed near Toura village, and released a few hours later.

Soldiers also invaded Sinjel village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped one Palestinian after detonating the front door of his family home.

Eyewitnesses said the soldiers kidnapped Ahmad Sami Tawafsha, and took him to an unknown destination.

The army further invaded neighborhoods in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, in addition to several surrounding villages and towns, and conducted military searches of homes.

The soldiers were heavily deployed in Hebron city, and around it, especially around Yatta town, south of the city, and Halhoul, north of Hebron, before invading them.

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