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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians and allegedly seized weapons parts, ammunition and explosive devices during predawn raids in the occupied West Bank on Friday.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that six Palestinians were detained from Khirbet al-Aqaba in the Jenin district of the northern West Bank.

Hebrew-language news sites reported that Israeli forces seized weapons parts, ammunition and parts of explosive devices during the raid in Khirbet al-Aqaba. The Israeli army confirmed the reports to Ma’an.

The army spokesperson added that one Palestinian was detained from the Nablus-area village of Kafr Qaddum, also in the northern West Bank, while another Palestinian was detained from the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Separately, Israeli forces closed the entrance to Hebron city and the Beit Einun junction, which connects Beit Einun with the nearby town of Sair on Thursday evening.

Locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces closed the entrances with iron gates, preventing vehicles from passing through.

An Israeli army spokesperson said they were looking into reports.

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 an average of 67 raids a week so far 2017, while 87 Palestinians were detained over the past two weeks.

According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, 6,300 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons as of April, including 300 minors, 61 women, and 500 under administrative detention -- Israel's contested policy of imprisonment without charge or trial.
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Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, three young Palestinian men in Deir Abu Da’if village east of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

Media sources said the soldiers invaded the village from several directions, searched and ransacked homes and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Mohannad Eqab Yassin, 22, and his brother, Mofeed, 23.

The soldiers also installed a roadblock, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, abducted a lawyer, identified as Ibrahim Abdul-Basset Yassin, 28, and confiscated his car.

Also at dawn, the soldiers abducted a young Palestinian man from his home, in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
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Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, a young Palestinian man from his home, in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Morad Eshteiwy, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in the town, said the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes, and abducted Ahmad Abdul-Salam Jom’a, 21.

Eshteiwy added that owners of some of the invaded homes have been identified as Akram Abdullah, Abdul-Razeq Amer and Mofeed Barham.

The invasion led to clashes between the soldiers and many local youngsters, who hurled stones at the military vehicles, while the army fired gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets.

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