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RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 19 Palestinians, including six minors, in overnight raids across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, Palestinian and Israeli sources said..

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) in a statement said Israeli troops detained four Palestinian minors from the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukabbir.

The youth were identified as Shahin Abbasi, 14, Akram Zahayka, 13, Obada Zahayka, 14, Anas Zahayka, 15.

Israeli troops also detained Muath Abed Rabbio, 23, and Sameer Abed Rabbo, 38, from the village of Sur Bahir southeast of Jerusalem, the society said.

PPS added that Israeli forces detained Fadi Taher al-Shouani, Mahmoud Akram, 21, Mahmoud Naim Mamdouh, 20, and Tareq Ziyad al-Araj from the Qalandiya refugee camp in the central West Bank district of Ramallah.

Shadi Khalid al-Rimawi was detained from the town Beit Rima northwest of Ramallah.

Israeli forces also detained Jamal Muhammad al-Sayyed, 23, Muhammad Abdul-Latif Shebani, 43, and Muhammad Abdul-Fattah, 22 in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

Meanwhile, Muhammad Barham, 19, and Muhammad Aqel, 24, were detained from the city of Qalqiliya.

In the southern West Bank, Israeli troops detained Hamza Amjad al-Titi, 15, Mahmoud Yousef al-Mazyan, 15, and Wissam Ibrahim Abu Asaad from the city of Hebron.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that they had detained 14 Palestinians in overnight raids -- five southeast of Ramallah, two southeast of Ramallah, four southwest of Bethlehem, and three southwest of Jenin.

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