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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 32 Palestinians in overnight raids between Tuesday and Wednesday across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to official Palestinian Authority (PA)-owned Wafa news agency.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that 18 Palestinians were detained from the West Bank overnight.

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

According to United Nations documentation, Israeli forces conducted 121 search and arrest operations across the West Bank and arrested 205 Palestinians, including nine children, between September 26 and October 9.

East Jerusalem

Wafa cited a report from the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), saying that Israeli police detained six Palestinians after storming and ransacking their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Issawiya.

The detentions came after Israeli troops raided the neighborhood several times, ransacking the family home of lawyer Shirin al-Issawi, 39, who according to Wafa, was recently released from prison after spending more than three and a half years behind bars.

During the raid, Israeli forces tore down all flags and protesters welcoming al-Issawi home. Clashes erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinian youth who attempted to block the troops’ passage through the neighborhood.

According to Wafa, Israeli forces opened fire at the Palestinians, injuring one with live ammunition.

The report stated that another Palestinian was detained from an unspecified area of East Jerusalem, while a Palestinian woman was detained at the al-Qattan entrance to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Northern & Central West Bank

Israeli forces conducted multiple raids across the northern West Bank, detaining eight Palestinians from the Tulkarem district.

Seven Palestinians were detained in raids across the Jenin-area towns of Jabaa, Qabatiya and Zababdeh.

In the Qalqiliya district, Israeli forces detained four Palestinians.

In the al-Jalazun refugee camp, located in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, Israeli forces detained one Palestinian.

Southern West Bank

In the Bethlehem district, Israeli forces detained two Palestinians from the Aida refugee camp.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided Hebron city, shutting down and ransacking the district offices of TransMedia production company and detaining two Palestinian journalists.

The detainees were identified as director of the TransMedia office Ibrahim Jaabari and his brother Ismail, a cameraman.
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by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers invaded and ransacked, on Wednesday at dawn, many homes in the northern West Bank governorate of Tulkarem, and abducted five Palestinians.

The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said a large military force invaded Tulkarem refugee camp, and abducted Abdul-Nasser Tweir.

It added that the soldiers invaded Nur Shams refugee camp, and abducted Hasan Rayeq Abu Sari.

The soldiers also abducted Yousef al-Basha and Ma’moun Sabarini, from Thannaba area, east of Tulkarem, and Abdul-Majid Jouda, from Tulkarem city.

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by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, dozens of Palestinian homes, in the al-Isawiya town, in the center of occupied East Jerusalem, searched them and abducted at least six Palestinians before moving them to a number of detention and interrogation centers in the city.

The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Fuad al-Asmar Mustafa, Hazem Suleiman al-Asmar, Mohammad Mansour Mahmoud, Abdul-Hai Dari, Dr. Bilal Oleyyan and his brother Dr. Nidal Oleyyan.

The abductions took place after the soldiers invaded the town several times, on Tuesday evening and on Wednesday at dawn, and searched many homes, including the home of lawyer Shireen al-Isawi, 39, before she was released from detention, after spending 43 months behind bars.

The army removed all flags and posters welcoming Shireen, and threatened to repeatedly invade the town, the family’s home and to impose punitive measures, should the celebrations resume.

Shireen was released, on Tuesday evening, just three months shy from her four-year sentence, after the Israeli High Court held a session regarding her case, and the case of her brother, Medhat, who is serving an eight-year imprisonment sentence.

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded the northern West Bank governorate of Tulkarem, and abducted five Palestinians.

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by IMEMC News

sraeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the towns of Jaba’, Qabatia, and Zababda, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, searched many homes and abducted seven Palestinians.

The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Lutfi Taher Malaysha, 28, Khattab Mohammad Ghannam, 20, Mo’in Nasser ‘Alawna, 20, Morad Sa’id Fashafsha, 29, Ahmad Salim Salata, 60, and Bilal Ahmad Abu ar-Rob, 26, from Jaba’ and Qabatia.

The soldiers also invaded the town of Zababda, south of Jenin, and abducted a young man, identified as Mahdi Sharqawi.

Also at dawn, the soldiers invaded dozens of Palestinian homes, in the al-Isawiya town, in the center of occupied East Jerusalem, searched them and abducted at least six Palestinians before moving them to a number of detention and interrogation centers in the city.

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded the northern West Bank governorate of Tulkarem, and abducted five Palestinians.

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