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sraeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, at least nine Palestinians, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including five of in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, while four Palestinians were kidnapped, in occupied Jerusalem, on Saturday at night.

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said many Israeli army vehicles invaded Dahiat Ertah area, south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, searched a few homes and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Ezzeddin Bilal Abu Rabea’, 20.

The PPS added that the soldiers also invaded Mrah Rabah village, south of Bethlehem, searched several homes and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Qassem Sheikh, 53, in addition to summoning Yasser Ali Sheikh for interrogation in the Etzion military base, south of city.

The army also invaded Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Abdul-Hameed Hamed, after forcing him in one room, and interrogating him.

His mother said one of the soldiers assaulted her, and pushed her around, as she tried to see her son, and that the soldiers also threatened to kidnap her other child should she continue to defend her son, and attempt to prevent the soldiers from taking him away.

Hamed is the brother of Mojahed, a Palestinian political prisoner who was sentenced by an Israeli military court to nine years’ imprisonment.

In addition, the soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and Beit Ummar town, north of the city, after invading and searching many homes, causing property damage.

The kidnapped Palestinians have been identified as Attas Yaqeen al-Atrash, Mo’in Mohammad Siyaj, 20, Amjad Fathallah Salhab, 20, and Jibreel Abdul-Rahman Abu Sneina, 30.

In Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, the soldiers stormed and searched many homes, kidnapped Rashed Yousef Awad, 17, and summoned Hamza Ali Awad, 20, for interrogation in Etzion base.

In addition, the soldiers kidnapped Dergham Mohammad Bisharat from Tammoun town, south of the Tubas, after stopping him at the Jaba’ roadblock, southeast of Ramallah.

It is worth mentioning that, on Saturday evening, the soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians, identified as Jihad Sa’diyya, Fahd Shalabi and Areen Za’anin, from Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem.

The soldiers also assaulted a young man, identified as Ala’ Haddad, in Sur Baher village near Jerusalem, and detained him in an interrogation center before he lost consciousness, and was moved to a hospital.
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HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least nine Palestinians in predawn raids Sunday across the occupied Palestinian territory, according to Palestinians and Israeli sources.

Locals said Israeli forces raided neighborhoods and searched several homes in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, detaining five Palestinians.

In the city of Hebron, the detained were identified by locals as Jibril Abu Sneineh, Amjad Salhab, Main Siyaj, and Attaf Yaqin al-Atrash.

Northwest of Hebron in Beit Ummar, local activist Muhammad Ayyad Awad told Ma’an that Israeli forces detained Rashid Yusif Badir Awad,17, after raiding and searching his house. They also served an unidentified youth a summons to appear before Israeli intelligence.
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed the five detained in Hebron and informed Ma’an of an additional sixth detention in the district.

The raids come after residents of Hebron buried Ibrahim Baradiya, 54, on Saturday, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces after he allegedly attacked an Israeli soldier with an ax at the entrance of al-Arroub refugee camp, where the funeral took place.

Prior to the six detained in Hebron Sunday, at least two Palestinians have been detained and two injured by Israeli forces in the area following Baradiya’s killing.

The Israeli authorities announced Friday they had returned Baradiya’s body to his family “by mistake,” and as a result the body was transported to the funeral via back roads in fear Israel would try to take it back.

Clashes broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli military forces Saturday following the funeral.

Meanwhile, in the village of Issawiya in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli forces detained Yusif Obeid, locals said.

Former prisoner Ahmad Qasim al-Sheikh was detained in the village of Marrah Rabah in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem.

Locals identified a Palestinian detained in Tammun, a village in the northern West Bank near Jenin, as Dirgham Muhammad Bisharat.
The Israeli army spokesperson confirmed detentions in the district of Ramallah and two in district of Bethlehem.

Since the beginning of 2016, Israeli forces have carried out a weekly average of 95 search and detention operations in the occupied Palestinian territory, according to The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Israel is currently holding 7,000 Palestinians in its jails, according to prisoners' rights organization Addameer.

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