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by IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, various Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped twelve Palestinians, including an elderly woman. Army bulldozes an agricultural road, near Salfit.

Media sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, said several military vehicles invaded Bani Neim town, east of the city, and kidnapped two Palestinians, after violently searching their homes, causing property damage.

The two have been identified as Mo’taz Azmi al-Khadour, 17 years of age, and Othman al-Manasra, 18.

Soldiers also invaded homes in Hebron’s Old City, kidnapped a child identified as Anan Awni al-Ja’bari, 13 years of age, and took him to an unknown destination.

The army installed various roadblocks near Hebron’s northern entrances, and the main entrance of Sa’ir town, northeast of Hebron, stopped and searched dozens of cars, and inspected the ID cards of the passengers.

In addition, soldiers invaded ‘Aseera ash-Shemaliyya town, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched homes and kidnapped a young man identified as Qoteiba Hamadna.

Soldiers also kidnapped three Palestinians, in Kafr Qalil village, southeast of Nablus. The three have been identified as Samer Abdullah Mansour, Ghanem Hekmat ‘Amer and Fayez Naim al-Qenni.

Furthermore, soldiers kidnapped an elderly Palestinian woman from Burqin town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Amina ‘Amoudi, 68, was kidnapped while visiting her detained son in the Galboa’ Israeli prison.

Her son, Mohammad, was taken prisoner in 2006, and was sentenced to twelve life terms, and twenty additional years.

In occupied Jerusalem, soldiers invaded various neighborhoods and searched homes before kidnapping a young man, identified as Mohammad al-Bayyoumi, and took him to the al-Maskobiyya interrogation and detention center, west of Jerusalem.

Another Palestinian was kidnapped in the al-‘Ezariyya town, south of Jerusalem.

The Israeli army also said soldiers also arrested three “wanted Palestinians, who participated in confrontations and clashes with soldiers and settlers,” south of Tulkarem, and in Hares village, southeast of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank.

An army spokesperson claimed two of the three detained Palestinians are members of the Hamas movement.

In related news, several military vehicles and an armored bulldozer invaded farmlands in Yasouf Palestinian village, east of the central West Bank city of Salfit, and bulldozed a recently established agricultural road, in the an-Nasba area, east of the village.

Ten days ago, soldiers invaded Yasouf and confiscated agricultural equipment and tools, used in the construction of the new road.

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