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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained six Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank overnight Saturday, the Israeli army said.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said that one Palestinian was arrested from Hawara south of Nablus and another from Awarta west of Nablus.

Another Palestinian was apprehended in Shuqba west of Ramallah, two in Beit Ummar north of Hebron, and another in Hebron city.

The spokeswoman said that they had been arrested for "illegal activities," without giving further details.

Israeli forces routinely detain Palestinians throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem, often on the pretext of perceived security threats, and Addameer estimates that 40 percent of the Palestinian male population has been arrested at some point.

Nearly 6,000 Palestinian prisoners are currently being held in Israeli jails.
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by IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Sunday, four Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and two others near the northern West Bank district of Nablus.

Local sources in Hebron said the soldiers kidnapped a college student, identified as Laith Asafra, from Beit Kahel town, after violently breaking into his home and searching it.

Soldiers also kidnapped ‘Awni Abu Shamsiyya, 16 years of age, from his home in the Shuhada Street, in the center of Hebron city.

Mohammad Awad, media spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements, has reported that several army vehicles also invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped ‘Allam Yousef Bader Za’aqeeq, 20, and Jamal Mahmoud Alqam, 17.

The soldiers searched and ransacked the homes of the kidnapped Palestinians before cuffing them, took them to an unknown destination, and installed a roadblock on its northern entrance, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and inspected the ID cards of the passengers.

In addition, soldiers invaded Awarta village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched a number of homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians identified as Ezzat Jamal Qawareeq and Raed Nassar Qawareeq.

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