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HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least seven Palestinians during overnight raids across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday night, as Palestinian Muslims celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

Locals told Ma’an that three Palestinians were detained in their homes in the southern West Bank city of Hebron City on Tuesday evening.

The three were identified as Alaa Raed al-Zghayyar, 23, Ramzi Dandis, and Anas Qafisha.

Qafisha is the son of Hatem Qafisha, a Hamas-affiliated Palestinian lawmaker who was just released from Israeli prison on Sunday after spending six months in administrative detention -- internment without charges or trial.

The MP reportedly became unwell after the raid and detention of his son, and had to be treated by the Palestinian Red Crescent

An Israeli army spokesperson did not give Ma’an information on detention in the Hebron area, which has been under an ongoing Israeli military siege for nearly a week restricting passage out of the occupied West Bank’s most populous city to humanitarian and military cases only.
However, she told Ma’an that three Palestinians had been detained southeast of Ramallah, as well as one south of Ramallah.