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Occupation forces detain 11 Palestinians, including two lawyers, in West Bank

Occupation forces detain 11 Palestinians, including two lawyers, in West Bank
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RAMALLAH, Sunday, January 10, 2021 (WAFA) – At least 11 Palestinians were arrested last night and today by Israeli occupation forces during raids carried out in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, according to local sources.

In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli police detained five Palestinians after beating them up in the Al-Rababa Quarter in the neighborhood of Silwan. The five were attempting to prevent Israeli bulldozers from razing their land in the neighborhood.

Israeli occupation police also detained another Palestinian young man in the neighborhood of Al-Issawiya in occupied Jerusalem.

Meanwhile in Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank, Israeli occupation army detained a lawyer, identified as Suheil Ashour, and his son, Fahad, who also works as a lawyer, after raiding their home in the neighborhood of Jabal Johar.

Army also detained two Palestinians from the nearby town of Yatta.

Two more arrested were further reported in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and in the village of Atouf in the northern Jordan Valley.

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