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NABLUS (Ma'an) -- At least 19 Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces overnight between Sunday and Monday across the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.

In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces detained Sheikh Khader Adnan, a leader of the Islamic Jihad movement, after raiding his home in the Arraba town in southern Jenin.

Palestinian security sources told Ma'an that Israeli forces raided Nablus, Tulkarem and Salfit in the northern West Bank, searched several homes and detained seven Palestinians.

In Nablus, sources identified the detainees as former prisoner Muhammad Saleh Hamdan from the al-Ain refugee camp , former prisoner Assem Ishtayyeh from the Tel village, Baraa Izheiman, Bahaa Ghassan Thuqan, and Bashir Ziyadeh from the Madama village.

In Tulkarem, former prisoner Sulma Badran, from Deir al-Ghusun was detained, while former prisoner Zuheir Hussein was detained from Salfit.

In the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, Israeli forces detained two Palestinians.

They were identified as Khalil Taha Taqatqa, 24, from the Beit Fajjar town, and Abdullah Atta al-Hreimi, 18, from the Wadi Maali street in central Bethlehem city.

Prisoners rights group Addameer recorded 6,198 Palestinians were detained by Israel as of October. The group has estimated that some 40 percent of Palestinian men will be detained by Israel at some point in their lives.
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by IMEMC News
Updated: The Palestinians Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, at night and throughout dawn hours Monday, at least twenty-five Palestinians, during violent and extensive military invasions and searched of homes, in the occupied West Bank.

The Bethlehem office of the PPS said the soldiers abducted Khalil Taha Taqatqa, 24, from Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, Abdullah Ata al-Hreimi, 18, from Wad Ma’ali, in the center of Bethlehem, and Laith Ahmad Abu Mfarreh, 18, from Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem.

The soldiers also abducted Issa Taha al-‘Orooj, 23, from Harmala village, east of Bethlehem.

In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted former political prisoner Khader Adnan, in addition to Hassan Nawwaf Suleiman, from ‘Arraba and ‘Ejja towns.

In Nablus governorate, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted six Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Hamdan, Bara’ Thouqan, Assem Eshteyya, Bara’ Ezheiman, Ala Abu Shamt and Bashir Ziyada.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted former political prisoner Salma Badran.

In Salfit, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Zoheir Hussein.
The soldiers also abducted a child, identified as Milad Sa’ayda, from al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya town, north of Ramallah, in central West Bank.

In the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, the soldiers abducted Younis Mohammad Abu Romelia, 20, Fares ‘Aqel Qfeisha, 19, Islam Fadel Shobaki, 19, Mohammad Ishaq Dababsa, 20, Yazan Hatem Asafra, 18, and Omar Khalil az-Zhoor, 20.

The soldiers also installed many roadblocks at the main roads leading to Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, in addition to Hebron’s northern road, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.

In addition, the army installed roadblocks, east of Ramallah, and placed concrete blocks on the main road between Ramallah and al-Biereh, and the al-Jalazoun refugee camp.

Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Beit Jala city, west of Bethlehem, and broke into the home of Adham Hamamda, near the Arab Orthodox Club, and occupied its rooftop to use it as a monitoring post and military tower.

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