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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces detained at least seven Palestinians overnight between Saturday night and Sunday morning from the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources.

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) released a statement saying that five Palestinians were detained from the West Bank.

According to the statement, in the northern West Bank, three Palestinians were detained from the Balata refugee camp in Nablus city, while a young Palestinian man was detained at a flying checkpoint between Tulkarem and Jenin for allegedly being in possession of a knife.

One Palestinian was detained during raids in the Hebron district, according to PPS.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that seven Palestinians were detained during overnight raids.

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 Abduct Seven Palestinians, Detain Schoolteachers, In West Bank

by IMEMC News

sraeli soldiers abducted, earlier on Sunday morning, seven Palestinians, from their homes, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, confiscated money, and detained many schoolteachers.

The soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes in Jenin, in northern West Bank, before violently searching them, and illegally confiscated thousands of Shekels.

Furthermore, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted seven Palestinians in the West Bank, five of them have been identified as:

Adnan Ali Saleh, from Balata refugee camp in Nablus.
Nidal Abu Fa’oor, from Balata refugee camp in Nablus.
Amir Abu Shahin, from Balata refugee camp in Nablus.
Ahmad Abu Zneid, from Shu’fat refugee camp, in Jerusalem.
Walid Abdul-Mon’em Joudallah, from Nablus, but was taken prisoner from work, in Bethlehem.
The soldiers also summoned several Palestinians, including Wa’el Ka’bi and his son Nidal, for interrogation in Huwwara military base, south of Nablus, in northern West Bank.

In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded al-‘Amarna and al-Ba’jawi neighborhoods, in the city, in addition to the villages and towns of Ya’bad, Rommana, Zabbouba, Ta’nak and Toura, and installed many roadblocks, before stopping and searching dozens of Palestinians and cars.

In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers invaded Masafer Yatta area, south of the city, and briefly detained many schoolteachers, after confiscating a car, owned by Suleiman Abu Sabha.

The soldiers closed the area, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it, after declaring it a “closed military zone.”
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Army Abducts Three Palestinians In Hebron And Jerusalem, Injures Several Others

by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, two Palestinians, including a child, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and injured several others, in addition to abducting one child in Shu’fat refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.

Media sources in Beit Ummar said many army jeeps invaded several areas in the town, before the soldiers broke into and searched many homes, and abducted Amir Mohammad Za’aqeeq, 20, and Ahmad Yousef ‘Alqam, 15.

The soldiers also destroyed a computer, owned by Jihad Yousef Alqam, during violent searches of his home, in Beit Ummar.

Many youngsters hurled stones at the invading army jeeps, while the soldiers fired gas bombs at them, and at a few homes, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.

Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a child identified as Ahmad Abu Zneid, 14, from his home, in Shu’fat refugee camp, in the center of occupied East Jerusalem.

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers invaded an UNRWA school several times overnight, in addition to the western entrance of the refugee camp, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at local youngsters, who hurled stones at the military jeeps.
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Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Jenin

by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, a young Palestinian man at a military roadblock, near Mabo Dothan colony, which was illegally built on Palestinian lands in Ya’bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

The Israeli army claimed that the man “carried a knife,” and that the soldiers believe he intended to stab them, or was on his way to the colony.

The soldiers also closed the military roadblock, before initiating an extensive search campaign in the area.

Earlier Sunday, the soldiers abducted three Palestinians, including two children, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and Shu’fat refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, and injured several others.

In addition, the soldiers abducted seven Palestinians, from their homes, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, confiscated money, and briefly detained many schoolteachers.

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