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Israeli forces arrest 14 Palestinians in raids across West Bank
Israeli forces arrested 14 Palestinians in overnight raids across the northern and southern West Bank early Thursday.
Israeli troops carried out detention raids at dawn in the northern West Bank regions of Nablus and Tulkarem, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said.
The sources told Ma’an that in Tulkarem district several Israeli military vehicles raided the city of Tulkarem, Tulkarem refugee camp, and the village of Iktaba hours after gunshots were fired at Israeli vehicles traveling on the main road near Tulkarem.
Five of the detainees in Tulkarem district were identified as Shathayah Hussein Ali Audah, 23, Jamal Allam Ahmad Hattab, 22, Omar Abd al-Majid Hussein Turk, 22, Rami Asaad Ahmad Abu Shilbaya, 23, and Mahmoud Mustafa Yousif Issa, 22.
An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma’an that a total of seven individuals were arrested in raids on Tulkarem, including six of whom who were “affiliated with the Hamas terror organization.”
Israeli troops also stormed the Northern Mountain and Kurum Ashour neighborhoods of Nablus and detained Iyad Mansour, 40, and Mahdi Ashour, 33.
The Israeli forces also raided Balata refugee camp east of Nablus and apprehended Muhammad al-Riyahi, an employee of the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism.
The Nablus-area village of Zuwata was also stormed by Israeli forces, who arrested a young Palestinian man identified as Islam Judah.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said that all of the individuals arrested in the Nablus region were affiliated with Hamas.
Israeli soldiers also carried out raids in Hebron in the southern West Bank overnight.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said in a statement that Israeli forces detained four Palestinians from the region.
Source: www.maannews.com