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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 16 Palestinians during predawn raids across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.

Hebrew-language media reported that Israeli forces, Shin Bet and Israeli police seized money and weapons during raids in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, the Deir al-Ghusun village in Tulkarem of the northern West Bank and the Qatanna village in the central West Bank district of Jerusalem.

A Ma'an reporter confirmed that Israeli forces launched a raid in the southern West Bank village of Beit Ummar in the Hebron district detaining 9 Palestinians.

The detainees were identified as Raed Sharif Abu Maria, Ayham Khalil Sabarneh, brothers Khalil and Ammar Jamal Abu Maria, and brothers Eyad and Ziad Amer al-Sleibi, Hassan Muhammad Muqbel, Jihad Raed Muqbel and Ahmad Samir Abu Ayyash.

Clashes broke out afterwards between Palestinians and Israeli forces, during which a number of Palestinians suffered tear-gas suffocation.

In the southern West Bank village of Beit Fajjar in the district of Bethlehem, Israeli forces detained two Palestinians and identified them as Jawad Mahmoud Taqatqa and Shaher Issa Taqatqa.

In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, one Palestinian was detained and identified as Subhi Muhammad Abu Shusha.

Israeli forces detained three Palestinians in the northern West Bank district of Nablus; they were identified as former prisoner Ghassan Thukan, lawyer Ibrahim al-Amer, and Yazan Muhammad Walid.

In the northern West Bank district of Qalqiliya, one Palestinian was detained and identified as Usayd Yasser Salim.

According to Palestinian prisoners rights group Addameer, 605 Palestinians were arrested in the month of May 2018. As of July, there are 5900 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons.
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by IMEMC News

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers invaded several communities in the occupied West Bank, before breaking into and violently searching dozens of homes, and abducted nineteen Palestinians in addition to illegally confiscating cash, a mobile phone and a laptop from one of the homes.

The PPS office in Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, said dozens of soldiers invaded Deir al-Ghosoun town, north of the city, before many soldiers stormed the home of Ameed Badran, 20, abducted him and illegally confiscating a laptop, a mobile phone, and 250 Shekels.

The soldiers also summoned Ameed’s mother for interrogation, and fired live rounds in the air near the property before withdrawing.

It is worth mentioning that the army, and security officers, claimed they found weapons, and confiscated cash, in Deir al-Ghosoun, and in Qotna town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.

In addition, the soldiers invaded and ransacked the home of Yasser Salim, in Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and abducted his son, Aseed, after assaulting him, causing cuts and bruises.

In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Sobhi Abu Shousha, from his home in Betunia town, west of the city, and fired live rounds, gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets, at protesters who hurled stones at the invading army jeeps.

In addition, several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, during protests against the army’s invasion of the town, the violent searches of homes, and the soldiers’ abduction of nine Palestinians.

The PPS identified the abducted Palestinians as:

Raed Sharif Abu Mariya, Beit Ummar – Heron.
Ayham Khalil Sabarna, Beit Ummar – Hebron.
Khalil Jamal Abu Mariya, Beit Ummar – Hebron.
Ammar Jamal Abu Mariya, Beit Ummar – Hebron.
Eyad Omar Sleibi, Beit Ummar – Hebron.
Ziad, Beit Ummar – Hebron.
Hasan Mohammad Miqbil, Beit Ummar – Hebron.
Jihad Raed Miqbil, Beit Ummar – Hebron.
Ahmad Samir Abu Ayyash, Beit Ummar – Hebron.
Ghassan Thouqan, (University Teacher) Nablus.
Ibrahim al-‘Amer, (Lawyer) Kafr Qalil – Nablus.
Yazan Mohammad Walid, Qusra – Nablus.
Ahmad Abdullah Abu Sirriya, Nablus.
Hamdan Sayyed, Nablus.
Mo’taz Ziad Saba’na, Nablus.
Aseed Yasser Salim, Azzoun – Qalqilia.
Sobhi Mohammad Shousha, Betunia – Ramallah.
Jawad Mahmoud Taqatqa, Beit Fajjar – Bethlehem.
Shaher Issa Taqatqa, Beit Fajjar – Bethlehem.

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