JERUSALEM, October 19, 2015 (WAFA) – Israeli forces overnight detained 42 Palestinians, including eight children, and summoned six others from various West Bank districts, said local security, municipal sources and a human rights institution.

Israeli forces detained 12 Palestinians, including four children after breaking into and ransacking their houses across Jerusalem.

Wadi Hilweh Information Center said, police raided a house belonging to ‘Abdul-Salam Abu Ghazaleh in the Old City of Jerusalem and detained the homeowner.

Police also detained six other Palestinians after breaking into and searching their families’ houses in Jerusalem’s villages of Silwan and Sur Baher.

The detainees were identified by Muhammad Mahmoud, an attorney representing Palestinian human rights institution Addameer, as Muhammad Dwayat, Nout ‘Amireh, Mu‘taz Dabash, Muhammad Gheith, Fadi ‘Abbasi and Mu‘taz Siori.

Five other Palestinian children were detained from Jerusalem’s town of Wilwan. The detainees were identified as Muhammad, 11, Zamzam, 12, and Khalil Ash-Shwaiki, 14, Mahmoud at-Talhami, 11, and Rami al-Fakhouri.

Meanwhile in Jenin district, police detained 11 Palestinians in Israel.

According to Palestinian security sources, police raided two buildings under construction in Nazareth and Umm al-Fahem, where they proceeded to detain 11 Palestinian workers from the Jenin village of Silat al-Harithiya, purportedly for working without having permits.

In the meantime in Bethlehem, Israeli forces stormed Tuqu town, southeast of the city, where they proceeded to detain six Palestinians, including four children.

The detainees were identified by Head of Tuqu Village Council Taysir Abu Mafreh as Mu’min, 15, Mu’ayyad, 14, Mousa, 14, Muhammad, 21, and Habis al-‘Amur, 50, as well as Khalil Abu Mafreh, 15.

In the meantime in Ramallah district, forces stormed Nabi Saleh village, north of the city, where they broke into several houses, smashing their entrances and wrecking havoc into them.

During the predawn raid, forces detained six members of al-Tamimi family. They were identified as ‘Anan, Wa‘ed, Mustafa, Usaid, Lo’ai and Omar.

Furthermore in Hebron district, forces detained five Palestinians and summoned two others.

Forces reportedly raided a Hebron neighborhood and proceeded to detain three Palestinians identified as Ahmad al-Yamani, Mu’min al-Haddad and Tareq al-Karaki, 19, after breaking into and ransacking their houses.

Forces also raided Tarqumiya and Dura towns, northwest and west of the city, where they summoned two Palestinians.

Mahmoud al-Maraqtan and Yousef Abu Sheikha were both handed notices ordering them to appear before Israeli intelligence.

Furthermore, soldiers stationed on Allenby border crossing, also known as al-Karama, between Jordan and the West Bank, detained a Palestinian woman and her son while they were travelling back to their hometown of Beit Ummar, north to Hebron.

Anti-settlement and wall activist Mohammad ‘Awad identified them as Ra’isa Abu ‘Ayyash, 51, and her son, ‘Amr, 21.

This came several hours after another Palestinian was detained Sunday evening from the Hebron locality of Be’ir al-Mahjar. The detainee was identified as Yahya An-Natsha.

Forces also raided several other Hebron neighborhoods, where they ransacked a house belonging to Tareq An-Natsha. They set up roadblocks at the entrances of Sa‘ir and Halhul towns as well as at the northern entrance of the city, where they stopped and examined Palestinian registered vehicles travelling into and outside of the towns and inspected passengers’ identification cards.

Meanwhile in Qalqilya city in the northern West Bank, forces broke into and ransacked several houses and detained two Palestinians during a predawn raid. The detainees were identified as Taysir Abu Dayyeh, 18, and Mohammad Zahran, 32.

Furthermore in Nablus city, four Palestinians were summoned during clashes with Israeli forces.

Muhammad and ‘Abdullah Hanani, both coming from the Nablus village of Beit Furik, as well as Harbi and ahmad Abu Jaish, both coming from the Nablus village of Beit Dajan, were handed notices summoning them to appear before Israeli intelligence.

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