HEBRON, July 29, 2015 (WAFA) – At least eight Palestinians, including minors, were arrested on Wednesday by Israeli authorities from across the West Bank and Jerusalem, according to local and security sources.

In Hebron area, in southern West Bank, Israeli army arrested three Palestinians, including two minors. They were identified as two minors Baraa and Ismail Jaber, and Nasir Jaber.

The army also broke into Yatta, a nearby town, and arrested 21-year-old Mohammad Basal after raiding and searching his house.

Meanwhile, Israeli police arrested a Palestinian from Hebron while he was present at his workplace in the town of Kafr Qasem, a hill-top city located about 20 km east of Tel Aviv, near the Green Line separating Israel and the West Bank.

He was identified as Abdullah al-Halaikah, 24. Al-Halaikah’s arrest came concurrent with an Israeli army raid on his house in Hebron’s town of Ash Shoukh.

In Jerusalem, Israeli police arrested two Palestinian minors, both age 15, in the neighborhood of Ras al-Amoud, for purportedly throwing Molotov cocktails at homes in the nearby illegal  settlement of Ma'ale Hazeitim.

Israeli media sources said both minors will be referred to the Israeli court of magistrate in Jerusalem later on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Israeli police arrested Hazem al-Sa’iri after raiding his family‘s home located near Shufat refugee camp. He was taken to a detention and an interrogation center in Jerusalem.

According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC), “Arrest campaigns against Palestinian minors increased after mid-2014, particularly after recent tension in Jerusalem where hundreds of children have been detained for various periods of time.”

'Israel arrests at least two Palestinian children in Jerusalem every day,' said PPC.

The Middle East Monitor reported that, “Over 7,000 Palestinians are currently languishing in prisons located throughout Israel, according to the Palestinian government.

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