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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 23 Palestinians in predawn detention raids in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on Wednesday, according to Israeli security sources.

Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri said that during an overnight raid in Shufat refugee camp in northern Jerusalem, Israeli police searched at least one house, and seized an unspecified quantity of ammunition.

She said a motorcycle that had been reported stolen in Jerusalem a number of weeks ago was also found in the camp, and that an unspecified number of suspects were detained and taken in for interrogation.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that 21 Palestinians were detained in military raids carried out across the occupied West Bank.

During a raid into Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank -- that resulted in no detentions -- two Palestinians, a 17 year old and a 20 year old, were shot dead by Israeli soldiers.

Also in the Jenin district, three Palestinians were detained in the village of Birqin and two in the village of Qabatiya, according to the army spokesperson.

She said that southwest of Jenin in the Tulkarem district, one Palestinian was detained in the town of Shweika, and one in the town of Tiinik.

Also in the north, Israeli forces raided multiple areas in the Nablus district. According to the Israeli army, two Palestinians were detained in Balata refugee camp -- one of whom was a “Hamas operative,” and another alleged Hamas operative was detained in Iraq Burin, the army spokesperson said.

In the central occupied West Bank, one Palestinian was detained in the Ramallah-area town of Beituniya, one so-called Hamas operative was detained in the Jerusalem district village al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, and two Palestinians were detained in Sheikh Sad, the army spokesperson said.

In the southern occupied West Bank, three Palestinians were detained in the village of Tuqu south of Bethlehem, three Palestinians were detained in the al-Arrub refugee camp in the Hebron area, and one Palestinian was detained in the Dura village in the Hebron district.

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

Due to the typically aggressive nature of the raids, clashes often erupt between local Palestinian youth who throw stones and are met in response with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, and tear gas, often resulting in serious, sometimes fatal injuries.

According to Palestinian prisoners’ rights group Addameer, there were 6,200 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons as of May, include 300 minors.
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by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, several areas in the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin, searched many homes, abducted four young men, and installed roadblocks.

Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers abducted Mahdi Jamil ‘Arouq, 24, and Mohammad Yousef Khallouf, 23, from Burqin town, in addition to Yousef Mohammad Nazzal, 25, from Qabatia, and Ismael Abdul-Rahim Zyoud, 25, from Ta’nak village.

The soldiers also invaded the home of Faisal Adeeb Nazzal, in Qabatia, in an attempt to abduct him, but he was not at home, and the soldiers detained his sons for more than three hours, at the Mabo Dotan military base, southwest of Jenin.

In addition, the soldiers installed many roadblocks near various villages and towns in Jenin governorate, stopped and searched many cars, and interrogated dozens of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.

On Tuesday evening, the soldiers installed an electronic military gate and a watchtower at the entrance of Tal Romeida neighborhood, in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
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by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, eight young Palestinian men, from their homes, in different parts of the West Bank governorates of Nablus, Tulkarem and Hebron, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.

The Nablus office of the PPS, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, said dozens of soldiers invaded Balata refugee camp, east of the city, searched and ransacked homes and abducted three young men.

The PPS identified the abducted Palestinians as Osama Ezzeddin Hamdan, 25, Adham Abu Sarees, 27, and Ahmad al-Badawi, 20.

The soldiers also invaded the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiyya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched many homes, and abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Firas Hasan Noubani, 39.

It is worth mentioning that Noubani was abducted twice before, and spent seven years in Israeli prisons, detention and interrogation centers.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Shweika area, in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, searched homes and abducted Anan Abdul-Rahim Badawi, 48.

In addition, the soldiers invaded Doura town, south of Hebron, and surrounded an apartment building, before detonating the doors of many apartments, located near the elevators, and ransacked them.

Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers abducted Hasan Mohammad al-Fasfous, 32, Mousa Mohammad Daraweesh, 25, and a third Palestinian, whose identity remained unknown until the time of this report.

It is worth mentioning that Fasfous has been wanted by the Israeli army for the last five years, and the soldiers detained his mother to pressure him into turning himself in to the military.

Furthermore, the soldiers invaded several areas in the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin, searched many homes, abducted four young men, and installed roadblocks.

On Tuesday evening, the soldiers installed an electronic military gate and a watchtower at the entrance of Tal Romeida neighborhood, in the center of Hebron city.

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