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NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained 12 Palestinians during predawn raids throughout the occupied West Bank early Tuesday, including from areas under full Palestinian jurisdiction, locals said.

Locals told Ma’an that three residents of Qalandiya refugee camp near Ramallah were detained. The detainees were identified as Raed Fayiz -- head of Qalandiya Youth Center -- Muhammad Eid Badran, and Nidal Ahmad Ziyad.

Four Palestinians were detained from the Bethlehem district, including Usama Ibrahim Deiriyeh, Issam Abdullah Taqatqa, and Adel Mahmoud Deiriyeh from Beit Fajjar village.

Israeli forces raided Bethlehem City, under Area A and under full jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority, and detained Ibrahim al-Shuruf.

The forces also detained Abdullah Rashid Mawqadi, a dentist from Salfit, and Amin Bassam Khweiled from Tulkarem.

An Israeli spokesperson told Ma’an 12 were detained in total during the raids, citing “suspected illegal activity.”

Around 7,000 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli prisons, many of whom are held under arbitrary detention in violation of international law, according to prisoners’ rights group Addameer.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas earlier this month slammed the Israeli military for continuing incursions into areas of the occupied West Bank under Palestinian jurisdiction, on the grounds that the move is in direct contradiction to the Oslo agreements.
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Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the northern West Bank districts of Tulkarem and Bethlehem, searched several homes and kidnapped seven young men; four in Tulkarem and three in Bethlehem.

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers kidnapped Baha’ Anwar Abu Daghash, 27, and his cousin Morad Issa Abu Daghash, 39, from their homes in Ektaba area, east of Tulkarem.

The soldiers also invaded Shweika area, north of Tulkarem, and kidnapped Ayman Mahmoud To’ma, 26.

Another Palestinian, identified as Hazem Emad Nasser, from Shweika neighborhood, was kidnapped after the soldiers stopped him, close to Yitzhar colony road, south of Nablus.

In addition, several military vehicles invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, searched a few homes and kidnapped two Palestinians.

The PPS said the kidnapped have been identified as Adel Ahmad Deeriyya, 24, Issam Abdullah Taqatqa, 17, and Osama Ibrahim Deeriyya, 24.

In related news, several military vehicles and bulldozers invaded Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and uprooted lands while firing live rounds.

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