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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 17 Palestinians during overnight raids in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources.

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said in a statement that Israeli forces raided the city of Tubas in the northern West Bank and detained four Palestinians after breaking into and searching their homes.

In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces detained two Palestinian minors from the Jabal al-Tur neighborhood, according to PPS.

Meanwhile, PPS reported that in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians.

Local activist Muhammad Ayyad Awad told Ma’an that dozens of Israeli soldiers raided the town of Beit Ummar on Thursday before dawn, and arrested four former prisoners.

Awad identified them as Saif Kassab Abu Dayyeh, 23, his brother Muhammad, 20, Ahmad Rifaat al-Sleibi, 19, and Anwar Youssef Awad, 23. They were all reportedly transferred to the Gush Etzion detention center north of the town.

Awad added that 72 Palestinians from Beit Ummar have been detained by Israeli forces since June 6th, 2017, half of whom, he said, were minors.

Locals in the Yatta town told Ma’an that Israeli forces detained university student Anas Jamal al-Hreini after raiding and searching his house.

Hasan Yousif Madi, also a university student, was detained during raids in the al-Arroub refugee camp, according to local sources.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided Hebron city where they detained Fadel Irfaiyeh and his son Mutaz.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that 15 Palestinians were detained from the West Bank alone. An Israeli police spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment on the two detentions in East Jerusalem.

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 196 search and arrest operations across the West Bank, including nine children, between October 10 and October 23.
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Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, Tubas city, in northeastern West Bank, broke into and searched several homes and abducted four young men.

Media sources in Tubas said the soldiers violently searched homes, and interrogated many Palestinians, while inspecting their ID cards.

The sources added that the soldiers abducted Hilal Abu Dawwas, Arabi Abu Dawwas, ‘Arif Sawafta and Ma’moun Khodeiri, from their homes, and took them to an unknown destination.

Also at dawn, the soldiers abducted eight young men, in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, and two children, in the at-Tour neighborhood, overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem.

On Wednesday at night, the soldiers invaded Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted one Palestinian from his home.

In addition, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded many Palestinian homes and stores in Ras Shehada Area, adjacent to Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem, search them and abducted a Palestinian after destroying his furniture, in addition to wounding six children.
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Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, many Palestinian homes in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and abducted eight young men, in addition to two children, who were abducted from their homes in the at-Tour neighborhood, overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem.

Several army jeeps invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, searched many homes, and abducted Saif Kassab Abu Dayya, 23, his brother Mohammad, 20, in addition to Ahmad Rif’at Sleibi, 19, and Yousef Ekhdeir Awad, 23.

In addition, the soldiers invaded many homes in Yatta town, south of Hebron, the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and the Municipality Area in Hebron city, and abducted Anas Jamal al-Hreini, 20, Hasan Yousef Madi, Fadel Atiya Erfa’eyya, and his son Mo’taz.

Furthermore, the soldiers abducted two children, whose names remained unknown at the time of their report, after invading their families’ homes in at-Tour neighborhood, overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City, and moved them to an interrogation center.

The army claimed that the two were involved in throwing Molotov cocktails at Israeli targets.

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