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Army Abducts Five Palestinians In Tulkarem, One In Qalqilia

by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, five Palestinians from Qaffin town, north of Tulkarem, and one in Jayyous, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes in Qaffin, interrogated several Palestinians and abducted five.

It identified the abducted Palestinians as Amin Ahmad Khashan, 33, Mohammad Sa’id Sabah, 38, Rabea’ Jamal Harsha, 29, Amin Sa’id Harsha, 33, and Mohammad Samir Ammar, 38.

Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Jayyous town, east of Qalqilia, and abducted Mahmoud Mohammad Baidha, 20, from his home, after invading and searching it.

In related news, the soldiers invaded that at-Tabaqa village, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and searched several homes after forcing the families out in the cold. Two of the invaded homes are owned by Yousef Amro and Hisham Amro.

Also at dawn, the soldiers invaded several areas in the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah, and abducted eight Palestinians.

On Thursday morning, the soldiers caused dozens of schoolchildren to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in the southern area of Hebron city, in addition to confiscating two cars from Hebron and Yatta.
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Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eight Palestinians In Ramallah

by IMEMC News

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several areas in the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah, and abducted eight Palestinians, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed.

The PPS said several army jeeps invaded Kufur Ni’ma village, west of Ramallah, searched and ransacked many homes, before abducting Suleiman Sa’da, Mohammad Abul-‘Al, Nafez Abdul-‘Al, Jabr Ibrahim al-‘Anani and Fadi Abu ‘Aadi.

It added that the soldiers conducted extensive and violent searches of homes in the village, and illegally confiscated cash from the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Rashad Ahmad Za’rour.

In addition, the soldiers also invaded and searched homes in the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, before abducting Qussai Hmeidat, Yousef Zobeidi and Ibrahim Nasr Zobeidi.

In related news, the soldiers installed two roadblocks on the Jenin-Nablus road, and near Barta’a village, southwest of Jenin, in northern West Bank, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
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RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 14 Palestinians, including minors, on predawn Thursday across the occupied West Bank.

According to Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians in the central West Bank district of Ramallah. They were identified as Wasaf Ihab al-Zabidi, 17, Qusai Hamza Humeidat, 17, Ibrahim Nasser al-Zabidi, Suleiman Musleh al-Dik, 28, Abed al-Rahim Nafed al-Aal, 38, Muhammad Abed al-Aal, Jaber Ibrahim al-Sayes, and Fadi Abu Adi.

In the northern West Bank district of Qalqiliya, one Palestinian was detained and identified as Mahmoud Muhammad Bayda, 20.

In the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, another five Palestinians were detained. PPS identified them as Amin Ahmad Said Khushan, 32, Muhammad Said Subah, 38, Rabei Jamal Harsheh, 29, Amin Said Harsheh, 33, Muhammad Samir Amar, 38.

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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