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HEBRON (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces carried out predawn raids throughout the occupied West Bank Tuesday and detained 18, including 11 from the Hebron district, locals and Israel’s army said.

Local sources told Ma’an that military forces raided the city of Hebron and detained Raed Hmeidan Sharabati and Palestinian journalist Musab Qafisha from their homes.

Ratib al-Jubour, member of a committee for towns south of Hebron, said Israeli forces stormed Yatta and detained local Fatah leader Muhammad al-Birawi, 32.

Israeli forces also raided the city of Dura and detained Riyad Nammura, Hamada al-Najjar and Muhammad Abu Zneid after ransacking their homes, local sources said.

In the Bethlehem-area town of Tuqu, locals said Israeli forces detained Mahmoud Salim al-Badan, 23, from his home, while Mahir Shreitih from al-Mazraa al-Gharbiyya was detained in Qalandiya refugee camp north of Jerusalem.

Four young Palestinians were detained in the village of Azzun east of Qalqiliya in the northwestern West Bank. Local sources identified them as Ahmad Muhammad Badwan, Alaa Ghalib Radwan, Shadi Faisal Hussein, and Saqir Abd al-Kareem Shbeita.

Israeli forces also raided the village of Duma south of Nablus and detained Adam Khalid Dawabsha. Locals said Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers stormed the village and rounded up several young men in one house for questioning.

An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed 11 total detentions made in the Hebron district, in addition to 7 in other areas of the West Bank. All were detained for “illegal activity” or suspected involvement with the Hamas movement.

The Israeli military regularly carries out predawn detention raids in the West Bank -- including areas under full Palestinian jurisdiction -- averaging over 90 raids per week since the start of this year, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

According to prisoners' rights organization Addameer, 7,000 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli prisoners, and the Hebron district has been particularly targeted by detention raids since a wave of unrest spread across the occupied Palestinian territory in October.
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by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, Tuesday, at least eight Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Ramallah, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Qalqilia and Nablus… The army kidnapped twelve Palestinians in Hebron, at dawn.

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, searched homes and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Maher Shreiteh.

The PPS added that the soldiers also invaded Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, searched a number of homes, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Ahmad Majed Daoud.

The soldiers also invaded Teqoua’ town, southeast of Bethlehem, and kidnapped Mahmoud Salem al-Badan, 22, after searching his home.

The PPS also stated that the soldiers invaded ‘Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, before storming and ransacking many homes and kidnapped four Palestinians, identified as Ahmad Mohammad Badwan, Ala Ghaleb Radwan, Shadi Faisal Hussein and Saqr Abdul-Karim Shbeita.

Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Douma village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped Adam Khalil Dawabsha.

The soldiers searched many homes in Douma, before detaining and interrogating many Palestinians.

On Tuesday at dawn, the soldiers invaded several Palestinian communities, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped twelve Palestinians.
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by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, several areas in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped eleven Palestinians, while another Palestinian was kidnapped on the Container military roadblock.

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said dozens of soldiers invaded several neighborhoods in Hebron city, before breaking into and searching homes, and kidnapped six Palestinians, identified as Raed Hmeidan Sharabati, 45, Sa’id Abu Sneina, Mahmoud Seder, Mahmoud al-‘Oweiwy and his brother Ahmad, in addition to a journalist identified as Mosab Khamis Qfeisha.

The soldiers also invaded Deir Samet town, southwest of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian identified as Riyad Mohammad al-Hroub.

Furthermore, several military vehicles invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, searched and ransacked many homes and kidnapped Mohammad Mahmoud Abu Zneid, 32, Ahmad Thabet Hasan Najjar and Samir Mohammad Bheiss.

Another Palestinian, identified as Riyad Nammoura, was kidnapped from his home in Abu al-‘Asja village, south of Hebron.

In addition, soldiers stationed on the Container Roadblock, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, stopped many Palestinian cars and searched them, before kidnapping Abdul-Rahman Waleed at-Teety, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.

The soldiers also installed roadblocks on the main roads leading to the towns of Sa’ir, Halhoul and Yatta, in addition to Hebron’s northern entrance before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and examined the ID cards of scores of Palestinians.

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