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by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, several Palestinian districts in the occupied West Bank, searched many homes and kidnapped at least six Palestinians, in addition to summoning others for interrogation. Israeli Navy attacks fishing boats in Gaza.

The soldiers kidnapped a young man, identified as Mustafa Yousef Sbeihat, 28, from Rommana village west of the northern West bank city of Jenin, after stopping him at a military roadblock near Ramallah.

Sbeihat, a former political prisoner; he was headed back home from work.

The soldiers also kidnapped another young Palestinian man, identified until as Arafat Taha, in Qotna town, northwest of occupied Jerusalem.

Another Palestinian, identified as Husam Nafez al-Ashhab, was kidnapped from his home in Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.

In addition, several army vehicles invaded the al-‘Arroub and al-Fawwar refugee camps, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians.

The two Palestinians have been identified as Rabah Bilal Fdeilat, from al-‘Arroub, and Hammadi Abdul-Fattah Hleiqawi, from al-Fawwar.

Several young men, from Kreisa area, west of Hebron, were summoned for interrogation in Etzion military and security base, while the soldiers also invaded Doura and Deir Samet towns.

The soldiers also installed many roadblocks in various neighborhoods in Hebron city, Jouret Bahlas area, in addition to Halhoul and Sa’ir towns, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and inspected the ID cards of the Palestinians while interrogating many of them.

Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, searched homes and summoned Nabil Sleiman Mousa, 22, Hamza Issa al-Kobar, 26, and Mohammad Rezeq Salah, 22, for interrogation in the Etzion.

In Bethlehem city, the soldiers searched a few homes and summoned Hamza Mustafa Kanaan, 22, for interrogation in Etzion.

In the Gaza Strip, Israeli navy ships fired many rounds of live ammunition on Palestinian fishing boats, in Gaza territorial waters, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, forcing the fishers back to shore.

Also in Gaza, the soldiers opened fire on Palestinian fishers, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

On Friday afternoon, the soldiers kidnapped Ein al-Louza neighborhood, in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped six Palestinians, including the head of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center.
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JERUSALEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces launched multiple predawn raids across the occupied Palestinian territory Saturday detaining at least four Palestinians and delivering summons to others, locals and Palestinian security sources told Ma’an.

In the northernmost West Bank district of Jenin, Israeli forces ransacked a house in the village of Rummana and detained Nidal Sbeihat, according to Palestinian security sources.

Israeli forces also stormed Qalandiya refugee camp in the central West Bank district of Ramallah and detained Husam al-Ashhab.
In the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli forces detained a woman identified by local sources as Zeinat Uweida.

The sources added that Uweida was among a group of volunteers known in Arabic as the Murabitat (Murabiteen for men) who often stay inside the Al-Aqsa mosque compound with the aim of preventing groups of right-wing Jews from entering.

Another predawn detention raid was reported in the village of Qatanna northwest of Jerusalem. A young man was reportedly detained.

An Israeli army spokesperson later confirmed the detention in Qatanna and also reported another detention in the Ramallah district.

In Bethlehem district in the southern occupied West Bank, Israeli forces raided Ayda refugee camp and the town of al-Khader and delivered summons to Muhammad Mustafa Kanaan, Muhammad Riziq Salah, Hamza Issa Ghneim, and Nabil Suleiman Mousa.

Raids were also reported in Hebron district in the southern West Bank where Israeli forces delivered summons in Hebron city as well as the towns of Dura and Deir Samit.

The detentions come after seven women were detained Friday, with Israeli authorities issuing five of them months-long bans from entering Al-Aqsa mosque.

Israeli police on Friday also briefly detained a leading sheikh at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem for alleged "incitement" after he addressed some 70,000 worshippers at the holy site.

As of February, around 7,000 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli prisons, 60 of them women, according to prisoners’ rights group Addameer.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs recorded a weekly average of 94 search and detention operations in the occupied Palestinian territory since the beginning of 2016.

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