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sraeli Soldiers Abduct Seven Palestinians In Jerusalem

Israeli soldiers abducted, late at night and on Tuesday at dawn, five Palestinians from their homes in the al-‘Isawiya town, and two children in Bab al-‘Amoud area, in occupied East Jerusalem.

Media sources in Jerusalem said that dozens of soldiers invaded the al-Isawiya town, in the heart of Jerusalem, before storming and violently searching homes.

The sources added that the soldiers abducted Mohammad Jihad Oleyyan, Mohammad Zakariya Oleyyan, Wadea’ Daoud Oleyyan, Fayez Mheisin, Mohammad Amer Mahmoud.

Late on Monday at night, the soldiers abducted two children, identified as Mohannad Qara’in, 14, and Ahmad Morad, 15, from Bab al-‘Amoud in Jerusalem.
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Army Abducts Five Palestinians In Hebron, Searches Homes In Qalqilia

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, five Palestinians in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, after searching their homes, in addition to invading and searching homes in Qalqilia, in northern West Bank.

The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded and ransacked several homes in the city and the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and abducted five Palestinians.

It identified the abducted Palestinians as Mohammad Sharabati and Hasan Fadel al-Mohtaseb, from Hebron city, in addition to Ahmad Ibrahim Jawabra, Yahya al-Hoor and Qussai Jawabra.

The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and installed roadblocks on roads leading to Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, in addition to Hebron’s northern entrance, before stopping and searching dozens of cars.

In related news, the dozens of soldiers invaded Qalqilia city, in northern West Bank before storming an apartment building and violently searching all its flats.

The soldiers also invaded Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia, in addition to closing the main roads leading to Ras Karkar village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.

Furthermore, the soldiers abducted five Palestinians from their homes in the al-‘Isawiya town, and two children in Bab al-‘Amoud area, in occupied East Jerusalem.

On Monday at night, the soldiers abducted Amir Bassel Deeriyya, 18, from Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, after summoning him for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center.
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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 14 Palestinians during predawn raids on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to official Palestinian and Israeli army sources.

Israeli military detention raids in the occupied Palestinian territory are a near-nightly occurrence.

According to prisoners rights group Addameer, as of April, 6,036 Palestinians were being held in Israeli prisons.

West Bank

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that 11 Palestinians were detained from the West Bank overnight.

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said in a statement that nine Palestinians were detained from the West Bank.

According to PPS, four Palestinians were detained from the southern West Bank district of Hebron. They were identified as Yahiya al-Hur, Ahmad Jawabreh, Muhammad al-Sharabati and Qusai Jawabreh.

Locals told Ma’an that Yahiya al-Hur, who they said was a teenager, was detained from the al-Arroub refugee camp.

Another Palestinian, identified as Ismail Abu Rahmeh, was detained from the Ramallah-area village of Bilin, in the central West Bank.

Locals also reported that Israeli forces raided the central West Bank town of Abu Dis, in the Jerusalem district, sparking clashes with local residents. No detentions were reported in the area.

In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, Israeli forces detained one Palestinian, identified as Omar Izz al-Din.


East Jerusalem

In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces detained three Palestinians from the neighborhood of Issawiya. They were identified as Muhammad Jihad Elayyan, Wadie Daoud Elayyan and Muhammad Zakariyya Elayyan.

Gaza Strip

Meanwhile, in the Gaza Strip, head of the documentation unit at the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs, Abd al-Nasser Farawneh, told Ma’an that Israeli forces detained a man at the Erez crossing in northern Gaza.

Farawneh identified the man as Bilal Ayman al-Astal from Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

Al-Astal had allegedly been summoned to the crossing for an interview to receive a medical permit, and was detained after the interview.

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