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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 19 Palestinians in overnight raids across the occupied West Bank between Monday and Tuesday, Palestinian and Israeli sources told Ma’an.

In the district of Qalqiliya, locals said Israeli forces detained Omar Jihad Salim, Jihad Subhi Khreisha, and Ahmad Adel in the village of Jayyus.

An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed only two detentions in Jayyus to Ma’an, adding that one Palestinian was detained in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the district of Tulkarem.

Elsewhere in the northern West Bank, the Israeli army stated that it had raided three lathe workshops allegedly used for manufacturing weapons in the Nablus-area Balata refugee camp, adding that Israeli forces had sealed off the workshops and confiscated equipment.

In the central West Bank, the Israeli army said four Palestinians were detained in the village of al-Sheikh Saad in the Jerusalem district.

In the Bethlehem district, the Israeli army said three Palestinians were detained in the village of Tuqu. Residents identified one of them as Muhammad Arif al-Umour.

In the southernmost West Bank district of Hebron, locals said that Israeli forces detained Amjad Asim al-Jaabari and Bilal al-Muhtasib in Hebron city, as well as six other Palestinians in the village of Dura -- identified as Imad Jadallah, Munir Abu Sharar, Jaafar Abu Arqoub, Usama Abu Arqoub, Jamal Talahma, and Hussam Yousif al-Amayra.

The army spokesperson said two “Hamas operatives” were detained in the city of Hebron, and only mentioned three detentions -- including of one alleged Hamas member -- in Dura.

Israeli raids in Palestinian towns, villages, and refugee camps are a daily occurrence in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

The United Nations recorded an average of 95 weekly raids in the occupied West Bank in 2016, and 70 weekly raids on average thus far in 2017.

According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, 6,300 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons as of March, including 300 minors and 61 women.
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Israeli Soldiers Abduct At Least Fourteen Palestinians In The Occupied West Bank

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, many Palestinian communities in various parts of the occupied West Bank, searched and ransacked dozens of homes, in addition to three lathe workshops, and abducted at least sixteen Palestinians.

The soldiers also summoned one Palestinian, identified as Jom’a Mohammad Abdul-Jalil, 24, from Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem.

In addition, the army invaded three lathe workshops in Balata refugee camp, in the northern West Bank governorate of Nablus, and confiscated their machines, reportedly for “manufacturing weapons.”

Furthermore, the soldiers shot and mildly injured two young Palestinian men, during clashes that erupted after the army invaded Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) identified the abducted Palestinians as:
1. Emad Jadallah, from Doura – Hebron.
2. Monir Abu Sharara, from Doura – Hebron.
3. Ja’far Abu ‘Arqoub, from Doura – Hebron.
4. Osama Abu ‘Arqoub, from Doura – Hebron.
5. Jamal Talahma, from Doura – Hebron.
6. Husam Yousef al-‘Amayra, from Doura – Hebron.
7. Amjad Essam al-Ja’bari, from Hebron.
8. Bilal al-Mohtasib, from Hebron.
9. Mohammad Aref al-Amour, 18, Teqoua town – Bethlehem.
10. Riyad Aref al-Amour, 14, Teqoua town – Bethlehem.
11. Omar Jihad Salim, Jayyous – Qalqilia.
12. Jihad Sobhi Khreisha, Jayyous – Qalqilia.
13. Ahmad Adel, Jayyous – Qalqilia.
14. Sa’id Miskawi, Balata refugee camp, Nablus.

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