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NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces confiscated some 20,000 shekels ($5,200) after raiding several homes from the Tell village in western Nablus early Thursday, locals said.

Locals told Ma'an that more than 15 Israeli military vehicles raided the village at 2:00 a.m., searching several homes before clashes erupted between Israeli forces and locals.

Tell resident Jamal Ahmad Ayyub Abu Asideh said that Israeli forces searched his home and confiscated 18,500 shekels ($4,800) and 210 Jordanian dinar ($300) from his house claiming that the money belongs to the Hamas movement.

The forces detained his son Walid last week, he added.
Asideh said that an Israeli intelligence officer informed the family that the money will be held until an Israeli court order rules on an alleged connection of the funds to the Hamas movement.
An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an that "there was routine IDF activity in the area" Thursday but could not comment on the confiscation of funds from the family home.

Israeli authorities are currently carrying out a detention campaign throughout the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem following fatal attacks that have left four Israelis dead since Oct. 1.

Israel's army said that 56 Palestinians were detained between Saturday and Wednesday in the West Bank, although figures based on local reports far exceed that number.

Palestinians have reported theft by Israeli forces during detention raids in the past.

During a detention campaign. "Operation Brother's Keeper" in the summer of 2014, Israeli forces confiscated an estimated $2.9 million worth of cash and property from Palestinian homes, charities, and businesses according to a report by Geneva-based human rights organization Euro-Mid Observer.

Spokespeople for the Israeli government justified confiscations during this time by claiming their planned use to fund or support terrorism.

The Euro-Mid Observer reported, however, that Israeli authorities neither provided evidence nor judicial permission for the confiscations.