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by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, late at night and on Wednesday at dawn, at least 23 Palestinians, including several children, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, mainly in Jerusalem and Bethlehem.

The Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers searched several homes in different parts of the occupied city, and kidnapped 14 Palestinians.

The PPS stated that the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad Azmi Mteir, Rajab No’man Mteir, Atef No’man Mteir and Nassim Yahya Mteir, from Qalandia refugee camp, in addition to Loqman Attoun, 25, Mos’ab Oleyyan, 25, and Bassel Tortash, 25, from Sur Baher town.

The PPS added that the army also kidnapped Ahmad Abu Roumi, 17, Ahmad Oweis, 14, Odai Mustafa, 15, and Adam Abu Shammala, 16, from al-‘Eesawiyya town. Resident Mohammad Hasan Woheish was kidnaped in Abu Dis town, while Baha’ Bassa and Mohammad Hammad were kidnapped in al-‘Ezariyya town.

In addition, the soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp and Nahhalin town, in Bethlehem, and kidnapped Mohammad Ibrahim Zawahra, 25, Ali Abdul-Hameed at-Tous, 19, Mahmoud Yacoub Sweity, 24, Mahmoud Mohammad Najajra, 50, his son Nathem, 27, and Ahmad Jawdat Najajra, 22 years of age.

In Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers kidnapped Abdul-Salam Majed Abu al-Haija, 40, while Daoud Salam Abu al-Halawa, was kidnapped from his home in Hebron. Another Palestinian, identified as Eyad Hikmat Balawna, 31, was kidnapped in the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem.

Also on Wednesday at dawn, the soldiers kidnapped six Palestinians in Bethlehem, and one in Jenin.
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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 12 Palestinians in multiple predawn raids across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, Israeli and Palestinian sources said.

Clashes broke out in Duheisha refugee camp south of Bethlehem when Israeli soldiers stormed the camp firing live and rubber-coated bullets. Locals said that Palestinians threw stones and improvised explosive devices at the troops.

A number of homes were ransacked, and Israeli forces detained three Palestinians, identified as Muhammad Zawahra, Mahmoud Swetie and Ali al-Tous.

Locals said that Israeli forces also tore down a poster near the camp's main entrance bearing a message in Arabic and Hebrew for an Israeli intelligence officer referred to as "Nidal," said to be responsible for Duheisha, that read: "To Nidal and his soldiers, Duheisha stones welcome you. Your burial ground will be here."

Palestinian sources identified at least another nine Palestinians detained overnight -- Luqman Attoun, Musab Shehadah, Basel Turshan, Rajab Mutair, Muhammad Mutair, Atef Mutair, Naseem Mutair, Muhammad Hammad, and Abdul-Salam Abu al-Hayja.

An Israeli army spokesperson said that Israeli forces detained 10 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank overnight Wednesday, including one in Jenin district, one in Ramallah, six in Bethlehem, and two in Hebron, all for "illegal activities."

Prisoners' rights group Addameer estimates that around 40 percent of the Palestinian male population in the West Bank and East Jerusalem has been detained at some point.

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