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Updated: by IMEMC News October 8, 2017 10:01 AM
Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight and at dawn Sunday, fourteen Palestinians, after breaking into their homes and searching them, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.

The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), in the southern part of the West Bank, has reported that the soldiers conducted extensive military searches of many homes in the governorate, and abducted six Palestinians.

It stated that the soldiers invaded Beit Awwa town, south of Hebron, and abducted Abdul-Hamid Matar Abu Sharar, and his brother Amin, in addition to Mohammad Nidal al-Masalma.

The soldiers also invaded Sa’ir town, east of Hebron, searched homes and abducted Hijazi Rawhi Jaradat, after breaking into his home and searching it.

Also in Hebron, the soldiers invaded Beit ar-Roosh al-Foqa village, in Doura city, south of Hebron, and conducted violent searches of many homes.

The army claimed that the soldiers were looking for weapons, and managed to locate and confiscate two pistols and a homemade rifle.
In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers searched homes and abducted Sanad Akram Abu al-Kheir, Arqam Khaled Abu Qar’aan and Majdi Mahmoud al-‘Ajjouri.

In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted one Palestinian, identified as Sharhabeel Kanaan, after stopping him at a military roadblock west of Ramallah.

The soldiers also invaded Um ash-Sharayet area, violently searched homes and abducted two young men, identified as Rami Abdo and Ali Abu Musallam.

Two other Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Monir Nakhla and Hamza Mohammad Abu al-Jalil, were taken prisoner from their homes in the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah.

Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the home of former political prisoner and a political leader of Hamas, Jamal Tawil, in the al-Biereh city, and summoned him for interrogation, after detaining him and his family in one room in their home, while ransacking the property.

Tawil was informed that he must head to Ofar military base, west of Ramallah, for interrogation on October 10.

In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded Wad Shahin area, in the center of the city, and abducted Idrees Suleiman Obeyyat, 19, in addition to Waleed Ezzat Deeriyya, 26, who was taken prisoner from his home in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem.

Clashes were reported in the Manger Square area in Bethlehem, after the soldiers invaded it. The army fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades; there have been no reports of injuries.
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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 13 Palestinians during predawn military raids across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) said in a statement.

According to a translation of the statement by Wafa news agency, at least six Palestinians were detained in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, two in the southern Bethlehem district -- including a 19-year-old, two in the Ramallah area in central part of the territory, and three others in the northern Nablus district.

Clashes reportedly broke out between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in al-Mahd square in Bethlehem city, where the Israeli army used tear gas canisters and stun grenades against the local residents, however, no injuries were reported.

The Israeli army spokespersons office said only 11 Palestinians were detained overnight, when a gun and two makeshift weapons were also allegedly seized in the Hebron area.

Israeli forces detained 431 Palestinians over the course of the month of September, including 98 children, 11 women, and three journalists, according to a joint report released Sunday by Palestinian prisoners' rights group Adameer, PPS, and the Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights.

The majority, 133, were detained in the Jerusalem district, while 60 were detained from the Hebron district, 45 from the Nablus district, 40 from the Ramallah district, 38 from the Jenin district, 28 from the Bethlehem district, 15 from the Tubas district, 10 from the Salfit district, nine from the Tulkaram district, seven from the Jericho district, and six from the Gaza Strip.

The report documented that the number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails reached 6,300 prisoners, including 57 female prisoners, 10 underage girls, approximately 300 children, and 450 administrative detainees -- prisoners detained without charge or trial. In the month of September, the occupation authorities issued 68 administrative detention orders, 24 of which were new orders.

"The four organizations strongly condemn Israel's gross and systematic violations of international law, and its disregard for the rights of Palestinian detainees. We also condemn the continuing occupation authorities' disregard of the legal guarantees provided by international legal regulations," the report said.
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by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, two Palestinians at two military roadblocks near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and near Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank.

The soldiers installed a sudden roadblock near Jenin, and abducted Sanad Mohammad Esteity, while he was on his way to his work in Ramallah, in central West Bank.

Furthermore, the soldiers installed a sudden roadblock at the entrance of the al-Fawwar refugee camp, stopped and searched many cars, and abducted Nasser Nassar al-Jondi, 44, from Yatta town, south of Hebron.
The Palestinian was in a taxi when the soldiers abducted him, and took him to an unknown destination.

In related news, the soldiers installed many roadblocks, completely surrounding Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it without thoroughly searching them and their cars.

The soldiers also invaded the town from its western part, and conducted extensive military searches of property.

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