BETHLEHEM, August 4, 2015 (WAFA) – Israeli
forces detained Tuesday 22 Palestinians and summoned three others from various
West Bank districts, said security sources.
Israeli forces raided ‘Aida refugee camp to the
north of Bethlehem, where they detained six Palestinians after breaking into
their houses.
The detainees were identified as Hazem Abu
‘Aker, 22, Srour Abu Srour, 18, Muhannad Ja‘ara, 18, Ahmad al-Mashayekh, 22,
Samed Hammad, 20, and Layth Nasrallah, 18.
Forces also proceeded to summon two minors
during the predawn raid. Both Ahmad Ja‘ara, 15, and ‘Abdullah Hammad, 16, were
handed notices ordering them to turn themselves to Israeli intelligence in the ‘Gush
Etzion’ detention and interrogation center.
Forces also raided Ash-Shawawra village to the
east of the city, where they summoned a Palestinian.
Muhammad Ad-Dar‘awi, an ex-detainee who was
recently released from an Israeli prison following a 13 year imprisonment, was
handed a notice ordering him to appear before Israeli intelligence.
Meanwhile in East Jerusalem, Israeli police
detained nine Palestinians, including six Islamic-Waqf appointed guards and two
minors, from inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
The detained guards were identified as Majdi
al-‘Abbasi, Fadi Bakir, Ra’ed Zughayir, Majd ‘Abdin, Ahmad Abu ‘Alya and Husam
Bader
The other three detainees were identified as
Radwan ‘Amr, Manuscripts Director as well as two minors Amir Bilbaisi and
Muhammad al-Hashlamun.
This came as tensions rose in the holy city as
police assaulted Palestinian Muslim worshippers and Islamic Waqf-appointed
guards, injuring two guards identified as Suleiman Abu Mayyala and Hamad
Badran.
Abu Mayyala and Badran were assaulted after
they confronted a group of settlers who forced their way into the Mosque
compound via al-Maghariba (Moroccan) Gate. Among the group was a settler who
attempted to hoist the flag of Israel inside the compound and chant racist
slogans. Police intervened and escorted the settler out of the holy place.
In the meantime, forces raided Nablus city,
where they detained a Palestinian after breaking into and ransacking his house
in ‘Iraq At-Tayeh area. The detainee was identified as Fadel al-Masri, 20.
Furthermore, forces stationed at Huwwara
military checkpoint to the south of the city stopped and detained a
Palestinian. The detainee was identified as Anas Darawsha, 26, coming from
‘Awarta town to the south of the city.
Forces also stormed Madama village to the south
of the city, where they detained a Palestinian after storming and ransacking
his house. The detainee was identified as Anas Ziadeh, 20.
In the meantime in Hebron district, forces
detained three Palestinians after breaking and wrecking havoc into their houses
in al-Fawwar refugee camp to the south of the city.
The detainees were identified as Suhayb
aT-Titi, 18, ‘Izzat and ‘Ala al-‘Azza.
Israeli forces also stormed the Yatta locality
of Khirbet Shi‘ib al-Butm, where they cur barbed wire fence erected around
plots of land belonging to local Palestinians.
One of the Palestinian landowners was
identified as Yousef al-Jabbarin.
Israeli soldiers raided several Hebron
neighborhoods and set up checkpoints at the entrance of the old city
neighborhood of Tal‘at Abu Hadid, the northern entrance of the city as well as
Sa‘ir to the northeast of the city, where they stopped and examined Palestinian
registered vehicles and inspected passengers’ identification cards.
Meanwhile in Qalqiliya, Israeli troops detained
a Palestinian after breaking into his house in the northern section of the
city. The detainee was identified as ‘Abdullah ‘Odeh, 19.
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