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RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 26 Palestinians, including minors, on predawn Monday, from area across the occupied West Bank.

According to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained four Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron; they were identified as Muhammad Fuad Ghneimat, Marwan Abu Fara, Ragheb Youssef Maswada and Muhammad Ahmad al-Alama.

In the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem, four Palestinians were detained and identified as Zaid Muhammad al-Umour, 15, Ahmad Suleiman Abu Mifreh, 15, Hamza Muhammad Salah, 20, and Ibrahim Muhammad Asakra, 20.

In the Abu Dis village, in the central West Bank district of Jerusalem, two Palestinians were detained and identified as Qassam Halabiya, 19, along with his twin brother, Jihad.

In the same district, another Palestinian was detained, he was identified as Tamer al-Ghawi.

In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, Israeli forces detained six Palestinians; PPS identified them as Hassan Muhammad Asfour, Obaida Jalal Naasan, 19, Ibrahim Ramadan al-Naasan, 18, Arafat Abed al-Hafith Abu Alia, Ahmad Mahmoud Ghneimat, 20, and Diaa Walid Hamed, 27.

In the northern West Bank district of Qalqiliya, one Palestinian was detained and identified as Sari Samir Barham, 21.

In the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, five Palestinians were detained, PPS identified them as Ahmad Mahmoud Amran, 27, Muhammad Adnan Tabal, 34, Nasser Mahmoud Shahrour, Ahmad Mahmoud Hishmeh, 17, Hakam Muhammad Amir, 57.

According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,640 Palestinian prisoners currently being held in Israeli prisons, of whom 270 are child prisoners, and 50 are under the age of 16.

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