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HEBRON (Ma’an) -- At least 15 Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces during detention raids overnight Tuesday, including a 14-year-old boy and 70-year-old man, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).

PPS released a statement on Tuesday saying that five of the detainees were residents of the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron.
The statement identified the five as Muhammad Adnan Rajoub, al-Ghadanfar Eikhman Abu Atwan, 23, Anas Taysir al-Awawda, 21, Atiyeh Abu Warda, 14, and 70-year-old Harbi Abd al-Muti al-Jamal.

PPS highlighted that 70-year-old al-Jamal is diabetic and suffers from heart problems.

According to locals, Israeli forces detained Abu Atwan in the small village of al-Tabaqa, which is considered part of the larger Dura village.

Locals also told Ma'an that al-Awawda and Abu Warda were detained in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, after Israeli forces ransacked their homes.

Two family members -- including the younger brother -- of slain Palestinian policeman Muhammad Turkman were arrested from their homes in the town of Qabatiya in the northern Jenin district.

Muhammad Turkman’s brother Muhannad Abd al-Khaliq Turkman, 22, and relative Majid Turkman were detained, according to PPS.

In the Tubas district of the northern occupied West Bank, Israeli forces detained Ayham Yousif Daraghmah, Imad Ibrahim Daraghmah, Fayiz Fawwaz Daraghmah and Musab Nasser Daraghmah.

Three other Palestinians were detained in the Nablus-area village of Talfit.
PPS identified the three as Abd al-Rahman Hajj Muhammad, Nabil Hajj Muhammad and Mahmoud Hajj Muhammad.

An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed a total of 10 detentions to Ma’an, confirming only the detention of Muhannad Turkman in Qabatiya, the three detainees from Talfit, one from the Salfit-area village of Deir Ballut, one from Dura, and four from Tubas.

Israeli forces conduct night raids across the occupied Palestinian territory on a near-daily basis. According to UN documentation, the Israeli army carried out 178 detention raids from Oct. 4 to 17.

According to prisoners rights group Addameer, 7,000 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons as of August. The organization estimates that 40 percent of Palestinian men have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
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by IMEMC News,

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, three Palestinians, including a child, in Doura town and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and confiscated weapons reportedly located in a home in Hebron city.

Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers kidnapped al-Ghadanfar Abu Atwan, from the Tabaqa village in Doura, Anas Taiseer al-’Awawda and a child identified as ‘Ateyya Ali Abu Warda, 14, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp.

The sources added that the soldiers also invaded and searched many homes in Hebron city, and that the army alleged locating weapons and ammunition in one of the searched properties.

Also at dawn, the soldiers kidnapped Mohannad Turkman, the brother of Mohammad, a Palestinian security officer who was killed, Monday, after carrying out a shooting attack targeting Israeli soldiers, wounding three, one seriously.

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