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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least five Palestinians and set up flying checkpoints across the occupied West Bank during predawn raids on Tuesday, according to local sources.

In the northern West Bank district of Nablus, locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces raided the Beit Dajan village and searched a house belonging to Radwan Abu Thabet and detained his son Suhaib, a former prisoner.

In the city of Hebron in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces detained three Palestinians, including an activist with the Youth Against Settlements (YAS) group.

Locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces detained 30-year-old YAS activist Muhammad al-Zughayyar, Ibrahim Jaber and Imad Azmi Abu Daoud, 19.

YAS said that Israeli soldiers obstructed al-Zughayyar’s way while he was in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Hebron’s Old City, distributing food packages to families of the area.

The group noted that al-Zughayyar has been detained several times by Israeli forces for his activism.

YAS released a video filmed by the group of al-Zughayyar’s arrest:

Meanwhile, Israeli forces set up several flying checkpoints across Hebron City and at the entrances of the Sair and Halhoul towns, stopping and searching vehicles and ID cards of passengers.

Israeli military raids into Palestinian cities, towns, and refugee camps are a near daily occurrence.

According to UN documentation, between May 8th-21st, Israeli forces conducted 177 search and arrest operations and arrested 220 Palestinians.
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by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Tuesday, five young Palestinian men in Nablus, Hebron and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.

The PPS said several army jeeps invaded Beit Dajan village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched the home of Radwan Abu Thabet, before abducting his son, Soheib, who is also a former political prisoner.

In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers invaded and ransacked several homes and abducted Mohammad Zghayyar, a local nonviolent activist with the Youth Coalition against Settlements, in addition to Ibrahim Jaber and Azmi Abu Daoud, 19.

The soldiers also invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and installed military roadblocks at its northern entrance in Jouret Bahlas area, in addition to the Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.

In addition, the soldiers abducted a young man, identified as Omar al-Hreimi, after assaulting him at a military roadblock, north of Bethlehem, while heading for prayers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.

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