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HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces carried out predawn military raids across the occupied West Bank on Monday and detained at least 18 Palestinians, according to Palestinians and Israeli sources.

Local sources told Ma'an that Israeli forces raided the southern West Bank city of Hebron and detained three Palestinians, identified as Munjid Nadir Qawasmeh, Seif al-Islam Qafisha, and Malik al-Natsha. Qawasmeh, the sources said, was released from Israeli custody only a week ago after a nine-month imprisonment.

The Israeli army said that four total were detained in Hebron, while "combat tools, including 16 commando knives" were also seized in the city.

Locals added that Israeli forces also searched the home of Palestinian journalist Musab Qafisha and upended his belongings during the overnight raid in Hebron, but did not detain him.

According to an Israeli army spokesperson, three Palestinians were also detained in the town of Tuqu east of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.

In raids in the northern occupied West Bank, four Palestinians were detained from the village of Farun in the Tulkarem district, and two Palestinians were detained from Qalqiliya, according to the Israeli army.

Israeli forces also raided the village of Sabastiya west of Nablus in the northern West Bank earlier Sunday evening, sparking clashes with locals.

An official who monitors settler activities in the northern West Bank, Ghassan Daghlas, told Ma'an that Palestinian locals hurled stones and three Molotov cocktails at Israeli military vehicles that stormed the village.

Israeli soldiers responded by showering the area with tear gas and stun grenades, causing a number of Palestinians to suffer from tear gas inhalation.

Meanwhile, official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli police detained five Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem's Old City.

Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said in a statement that Israeli police had detained four Palestinian minors from the Old City and the Shufaat refugee camp on Sunday night, over suspicions that they targeted Israeli police officers with fireworks near the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

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 78 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 Five Palestinians In Jerusalem

by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until early morning hours Monday, at least five Palestinians during massive invasions and violent searches of homes in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem.

The invasions targeted dozens of homes in many Palestinian areas in the Old City, including Bab Hatta, Sa’diyya, al-Waad, and the African Neighborhood.

The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Mohammad al-Bayyoumi, Mohammad Najeeb, Waheeb al-Qutub, Ala Najeeb and Abdullah al-Julani. They were all moved to the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility.

It is worth mentioning that clashes took place, on Sunday evening until late-night hours, after the soldiers killed a Palestinian child, identified as Fatima Hajiji, 16, in Bab al-‘Amoud.

The soldiers also assaulted dozens of Palestinians, including worshipers and guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, trying to enter the holy site for evening prayers.
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Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Tulkarem

by IMEMC News
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, four young Palestinian men in Far’un village, south of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in the village, interrogated several Palestinians and abducted four.

The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Yousef Wasfi Farkh, 24, Fathi Hatem Bdeir, 25, Fadi Mahmoud Bdeir, 27, and Haitham Ziad ‘Adwan, 26.

In related news, the soldiers abducted, overnight until early morning hours Monday, at least five Palestinians during massive invasions and violent searches of homes in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem.
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Army Abducts Five Palestinians In Hebron

by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Hebron city, and several nearby communities, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, searched many homes and abducted five Palestinians.

The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers searched many homes, in various parts of the city, interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards and adducted Malek Natsha, Amro Obeid, Nader Qawasma, Monjed Nader Qawasmi and Saif Qfeisha.

Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and searched many homes in al-Bayyada and Erq al-Latoun areas, in addition to Safa Junction area.

Owners of some of the invaded homes have been identified as Issa Safi Sleibi, Ahmad Abu Hashem, Rami Bassam, Ziad Khalil Bader and Ahmad Mahmoud Ekhmayyes.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked a blacksmith’s workshop in the town, reportedly for being used for “manufacturing weapons.”

The soldiers also summoned Ahmad Khalil Abu Hashem, 50, and Rami Bassam Za’aqeeq, 38, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, and confiscated the ID card of Abu Hashem’s son, Mohammad, 22.

In addition, the soldiers installed roadblocks at the main entrances of Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, the al-Fawwar refugee camp, and Hebron’s northern entrance, before stopping and searching cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.

Also at dawn, the soldiers abducted four young Palestinian men in Far’un village, south of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

In related news, the soldiers abducted, overnight until early morning hours Monday, at least five Palestinians during massive invasions and violent searches of homes in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem.
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by IMEMC News
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, a young man in Qalqilia city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, in addition to a child and two siblings from Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem.

The Qalqilia office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated into the city, abducted Mos’ab Ma’zouz Dallal, 22, and withdrew while military vehicles invaded the city.

The soldiers also invaded Hijja village, east of Qalqilia, and fired several gas bombs and concussion grenades.

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