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(Screenshot from Israeli army video of incident near al-Khader) Published by Maan News
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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 12 Palestinians during overnight and predawn military raids and operations between Monday and Tuesday across the occupied West Bank.

According to local sources in the northern district of Nablus, Israeli forces detained five members of the Dweikat family. The five were identified as Muhammad Mazen Dweikat, Muntaser Talal Dweikat, Ahid Sarhan Dweikat, Nabil Said Dweikat, and Khalil Walid Dweikat.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that forces detained a total of four Palestinians from the Nablus district, identifying two from the Balata refugee camp and two from the al-Askar refugee camp.

In the central West Bank district of Jerusalem, an Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that forces detained one Palestinian from the village of Biddu.

In the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, locals reported that Israeli forces detained Muhammad Ibrahim al-Karaki from the Aida refugee camp and Abdullah Imad Raqaban from al-Duheisha refugee camp.

An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed one detention from Aida and one from al-Duheisha, as well as one detention from the Bethlehem-area village of Jurat al-Shama.

The spokesperson added that in a separate “ambush” operation, Israeli forces detained one Palestinian near the Bethlehem-area village of al-Khader who they claimed attempted to throw a Molotov cocktail at Israeli forces who were stationed on the nearby Route 60.

“Due to similar incidents over past few months of suspects throwing Molotov cocktails and rocks at Israeli soldiers and civilians on Route 60, Israeli forces set up an ambush and arrested one of the three suspects near al-Khader,” the spokesperson told Ma’an.

Hebrew media outlets published a video released by the Israeli army depicting the incident in which they arrested one “suspect,” while two others managed to run away.

The Israeli army spokesperson said she could not confirm if there was an ongoing investigation for the other two “suspects” who fled the scene.

Locals from the southernmost West Bank district of Hebron reported that Israeli forces detained Rizq Rajoub from the town of Dura, who had been released one week ago after serving two years in Israeli prison. Sources added that Rajoub had previously served a total of 23 years in Israeli jails.

According to the Israeli army, there was one detention from the Hebron district in the village of Sair.

Israeli forces conduct night raids across the occupied Palestinian territory on a near-daily basis. According to UN documentation, the Israeli army carried out 252 military detention raids between Nov. 15 and Nov. 28.

According to prisoners rights group Addameer, 7,000 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons as of October. 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

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. On Monday evening, the soldiers abducted a merchant from Gaza, while crossing the Erez terminal.

In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded Deheishe refugee camp, south of the city, searched homes and abducted Abdullah Ammar Raqban, 22, while Mohammad Ibrahim al-Kurdi was abducted from his home in ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the city.

In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Rezeq Rajoub, from Doura town, south of the city.

The Hebron office of the PPS said Deikat’s abduction, came just two weeks after he served a two-year imprisonment sentence, and that he spent a total of 23 years in Israeli prisons, in previous abductions.

Also in Hebron, the soldiers invaded, and violently searched many homes in Ethna town, south of Hebron, abducted Jibrin Thiab al-Jeyyawi, 58, and illegally confiscating cash and gold from his home.

The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), in the northern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers searched many homes in the district, and abducted six Palestinians.

They have been identified as Elias Dweikat, Ammar Dweikat, ‘Ahed Sarhan Dweikat, Montaser Sarhan Dweikat, Mohammad Mazen Dweikat and Saed Nabil Dweikat.

On Monday at night, the soldiers invaded a home, owned by Yasser Mizher, in the northern part of Silwad town, northeast of Ramallah, and turned it into a military post and a monitoring tower.

The soldiers said they want to monitor a bypass road, used by Israeli colonist, and passes near the mentioned property.

Silwad has been subject to ongoing invasions and violations, while the soldiers also detained and interrogated many Palestinians, including several children.

On Monday evening, the soldiers abducted a Palestinian merchant, identified as Hisham Abu Zayed, after interrogating him for several hours while trying to cross the Erez border terminal, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

Abu Zayed was returning home when the soldiers abducted him, and was taken to an unknown destination.

It is worth mentioning that the Israeli army have abducted twenty merchants from Gaza, since the beginning of this year.

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