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by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, twelve Palestinians, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.

The Jenin office of the PPS, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes, and abducted Ashraf Mohammad al-Qaisi, Khaled Mansour, and his son Abdullah, in addition to Najeeb Awni Hweil, Yousef Shalabi, Nasser Hisham Abu Tabeekh and Mohammad Waddah al-Asmar.

Besides abducting the seven Palestinians, the soldiers also shot a young man, during protests that took place following the invasion.

In Tulkarem, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mo’men Essam Mer’ery, and his brother Mohammad.

Furthermore, the soldiers abduct Jihad Nihad Abdullah, from his home in Deir Istiya town, in Salfit, in northwestern West Bank.

The soldiers also abducted Khattab Wahid Abu Mariya, 16, and Yousef Ibrahim Awad, 25, from their homes in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank.
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RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 12 Palestinians, including a minor, across the occupied West Bank on predawn Tuesday.

Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said that Israeli forces detained two Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. They were identified as Khatab Wahid Abu Maria, 16, and Yousef Ibrahim Awad, 25.

In the northern West Bank district of Salfit, one Palestinian was detained and identified as Jihad Nihad Abdullah.

In the northern West Bank district of Jenin, seven Palestinians were detained. PPS identified them as Ashraf Muhammad al-Qaisi, Khaled Mansour along with his son Abdullah, Najib Awni Huwayel, Yousef al-Shalabi, Nasser Hisham Abu Tabikh, and Muhammad Wadah al-Asmar.

In the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, another two Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces. They were identified as Muaman Issam Marei and his brother Muhammad.

According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,450 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, including 215 minors, 43 of whom under 16 years old.

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