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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 17 Palestinians during overnight raids across the occupied West Bank between Wednesday and Thursday, Israeli and Palestinian sources told Ma’an.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that four Palestinians were detained in the Nablus district in the northern West Bank -- three in the village of Qaryut, and one in the village of Salim.

In the district of Qalqiliya, the army spokesperson said Israeli forces detained one Palestinian in Qalqiliya city, and another in the village of Kafr Qaddum.

Relatives identified the Palestinian detained in Kafr Qaddum as 20-year-old Asef Hikmat Ali, adding that Israeli soldiers brutally raided the family’s home at around 2:30 a.m., before taking Ali to an unknown location.

In the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah, Israeli soldiers detained one Palestinian in the city of al-Bireh, and another in the village of Abu Shukheidim, the army spokesperson said.

The spokesperson added that two Palestinians were detained in Bethlehem city.

In the southern West Bank district of Hebron, locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces detained five Palestinians -- identified as Khalid Ali Tbeish, 30, Ahmad Ishaq Abu Hashhash, 32, Mahmoud Abd al-Halim al-Talahmeh, 25, Nawwaf Ahmad al-Jiawi, 47, and Waad al-Haq Arafat al-Hidmi, 25 -- during raids in the villages of Dura, Idhna, and Surif.

During the raid to detain al-Hidmi, Israeli forces reportedly confiscated the Palestinian’s vehicle, and took 7,000 shekels ($1,970) from his home.

Meanwhile, local activist Muhammad Ayyad Awwad said that Israeli forces raided the village of Beit Ummar and detained Riyad Khdeir Marshud Sabarneh, 40, and Hammad Ahmad Hammad Abu Maria, 25.

Awwad said that Abu Maria was a former prisoner who had just been released on Sunday.

He added that Israeli forces also delivered a summon to former prisoner Mahmoud Yasser Muhammad Brighith, 25, who was released from Israeli custody 10 days ago after having spent three years in prison.

The Israeli army spokesperson listed seven detentions in the Hebron district -- two in Beit Ummar, two in Dura, one in Surif, one in Sair, and one in Khirbet Raqa.

They told Ma'an they would look into the reports of raids in Idhna.

Israeli raids in Palestinian towns, villages, and refugee camps are a daily occurrence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, with a weekly average of 95 search and detention raids carried out over the course 2016, according to UN documentation.

According to a report released earlier this month, there were 6,300 Palestinians in Israeli prisons as of June, including 300 minors and 486 Palestinians held under Israel’s contested policy of administrative detention -- internment without trial or charges.
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Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, two Palestinian men, both former political prisoners, from their homes, in the West Bank governorate of Bethlehem. The soldiers also installed roadblocks in many areas in the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin.

Media sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers stormed and searched homes in ‘Adia refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, and abducted Bassam Ahmad Abu ‘Aker, 55.

The sources added that the soldiers also abducted Khader Mohammad Dalo, from al-Maslakh area, in the center of Bethlehem city.

The invasions led to clashes between the soldiers and many local youngsters, who hurled stones at the military jeeps, while the soldiers fire live rounds.

Furthermore, the soldiers installed many roadblocks in Jenin governorate, especially on Jenin-Jaffa road, and the entrances of Arraba, Ya’bad and Qabatia towns, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians after detaining them.

It is worth mentioning that the Dotan military roadblock near Jenin remains closed by the soldiers for the fifth consecutive day, from 9 in the evening until four at dawn, preventing thousands of Palestinians, including students, workers, merchants, and medical professionals, from freely moving to and from many communities in Jenin and Tulkarem.
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The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), in northern West Bank, has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, four young Palestinian men, after invading their homes and violently searching them, in the governorate.

The PPS said several army vehicles invaded Qaryout village, south of Nablus, and abducted three Palestinians, including two teenagers, identified as Ahmad Mustafa Mardawi, 20, Akram Mohsin Johar, 16, and Mohammad Rabah Odah, 16.

It added that the soldier abducted another Palestinian, identified as Marcel Mahmoud As’ad, 21, from his home in Salem village, east of Nablus.

Furthermore, the soldiers invaded several areas in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, illegally confiscated cash and a car, and abducted seven Palestinians, in addition to summoning a former political prisoner for interrogation.

In related news, the soldiers abducted two Palestinian men, both former political prisoners, from their homes, in the West Bank governorate of Bethlehem, and installed roadblocks in many areas in the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin.

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Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday 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.

The soldiers invaded the town from several directions, before breaking into the home of ‘Assef Hikmat Ali, 20, violently searched the property, and abducted him.

Kufur Qaddoum is subject to frequent military invasions, and violations, as the Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, continue the weekly popular protests against colonies, the Annexation Wall, and the ongoing closure of the town’s main road, which was blockaded by the army more than 14 years ago.

In addition, the Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), in northern West Bank, has reported that the soldiers abducted four young Palestinian men, after invading their homes and violently searching them, in the governorate.

The soldiers also invaded several areas in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, illegally confiscated cash and a car, and abducted seven Palestinians, in addition to summoning a former political prisoner for interrogation.

In related news, the soldiers abducted two Palestinian men, both former political prisoners, from their homes, in the West Bank governorate of Bethlehem, and installed roadblocks in many areas in the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin.

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