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HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces carried out search and detention raids across the occupied West Bank overnight Thursday detaining at least 10 Palestinians, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.

Locals told Ma'an that Israeli forces detained four Palestinians from the village of Beni Naim, identified as Malek Harbi Hmeidat, Walid Lafi Hmeidat, Udayy Khalid Hmeidat, and Nidal Mazen Ballout.

An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed three detentions were made in Beni Naim, adding that they were detained under suspicions of being Hamas operatives.

Clashes also reportedly erupted between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces during the raid, with youth throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers who responded with firing rubber-coated steel bullets and t ear gas canisters.

In Hebron City, Israeli forces detained four Palestinians after raiding and searching their houses. Locals identified them as Hisham Hmeidan al-Sharabati, Firas al-Qawasmi, and Samer al-Jubeh. Meanwhile, Musaab al-Zghayyar was detained from a checkpoint on his way to Jerusalem, locals added.

In addition to the detentions in Beni Naim, the Israeli army spokesperson also confirmed four other unidentified suspected Hamas operatives were detained in Hebron City, another suspected Hamas operative north west of Hebron City, and two Palestinians east and northeast of Tulkarem in the northern occupied West Bank.

The detention raids came in response to an attack on Thursday carried out by a resident of Beni Naim, who stabbed a 13-year-old Israeli girl to death in the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba south of Hebron.
Another Palestinian and resident of Tulkarem allegedly carried out a separate stab attack in the Israeli city of Netanya that left two Israelis wounded.

Both Palestinians were shot dead on site.

Following the overnight raids, another resident of Beni Naim was shot dead in Hebron on Friday while allegedly attempting to commit an attack, with no Israeli injuries reported.
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by IMEMC News

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, at least eight Palestinians, including former political prisoners and political analysts, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and Bani Neim nearby town. On Thursday evening, the soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians in Nablus.

In Hebron city, the soldiers kidnapped two political analysts, identified as Hisham Hmeidan Sharabati and Dr. Firas al-Qawasmi, in addition to a young man, identified as Samer al-Jo’ba, after storming their homes and searching them, causing property damage.

The soldiers also kidnapped a former political prisoner, identified as Mos’ab Zghayyar, as he was heading to Al-Aqsa Mosque for Friday prayers, and later invaded his family’s home, searched it, and confiscated his laptop.

In Bani Neim town, east of Hebron, the soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes, including the homes of Mohammad Tarayra, 17, who was killed after he stabbed and killed a 13-year-old Israeli child in Keryat Arba’ colony, earlier on Thursday, before he was shot dead, and Majd Abdullah al-Khdour, 19, who was killed by the army on Friday June 25th, and interrogated their families.

The soldiers also kidnapped a number of Palestinians, after searching their homes, in the town. Four of them have been identified as Waleed Lafi Hmeidat, Malek Harbi Hmeidat, Odai Khaled Hmeidat and Nidal Mazin Ballout.

Medical sources said several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after the soldiers fired many gas bombs, and concussion grenades, in a number of neighborhoods, after a number of local youngsters hurled stones at the invading military vehicles.

In addition, several army vehicles invaded Awarta town, east of the northern part West Bank city of Nablus, before breaking into the home of a student of the Najah University Nadi Sharab, and violently searching it. The Palestinian was kidnapped on Thursday evening on a military roadblock east of Jaba’ town, northeast of Jerusalem.

On Thursday evening, the soldiers kidnapped Mohammad As’ad Baddad, 42, after stopping him at the Za’tara military roadblock, south of Nablus. Baddad is a Palestinian Civil Defense employee and was returning home from Ramallah.

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