RAMALLAH, February 2, 2016 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Tuesday detained at least 34 Palestinians across the West Bank districts and Jerusalem, mostly during predawn and night raids, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), a local non-governmental organization.
In Jerusalem district, Israeli police detained 15 Palestinians, most of whom are from the towns of Ezariyya and Issawiya. They were identified as Bassam al-Natsheh, 19, Fathi al-Deek, 19, Nadeem Zahra, Anas Abu Assab, Mohammad al-Mekhel, Mohammad Y. Hamdan, Ali Faroun, Mustafa al-Yasini, Marwan Bassa, Nayef al-Khatib, Issa Ayyad, and Abdullah, Ameer, and Mohammad Shatara.
Meanwhile in Nablus district, Israeli undercover soldiers, disguised as Palestinians, shot and injured two Palestinians in the village of Qabalan, before detaining them. The two were identified as Yousef Shahrouj and Samer al-Aqra’.
Two other Palestinians were detained by Israeli army in Nablus and were identified as Abdul-Latif Aqra’, the brother of the aforementioned Samer al-Aqra’, and Saher Nasasrah.
Meanwhile in Bethlehem area, Israeli troops broke into the village of al-Khader to the south, and detained Belal M. Salah, Mansour N. Salah, and Khaled Kh. Salah.
Another Palestinian local from Bethlehem, Rashad Radaydeh, was detained by Israeli police while he was present inside Jerusalem.
In the meantime, army detained four Palestinians in Hebron and led them to an unknown destination. They were identified as Karam Maswada, 34, and his brother Shawqi 30, in addition to Ibrahim Atrash, and Qosay Halayqa. Local Khalil al-Sharawneh, 18, was also detained in Hebron’s town of Dura.
In Ramallah and al-Bireh district, forces detained three Palestinians, after raiding their homes in the village of Kafr Ne’meh and al-Jalazoun Refugee Camp. The three were identified as Mohammad A. Ishtayyeh, 20, Fares Ishtayyeh, 22, and Mohammad Abu Asab, 29.
Meanwhile in Tulkarm district, Israeli forces stormed the village of Seida, and detained 25-year-old Suhaib al-Ashqar, after raiding and searching his house. Al-Ashqar’s father said that soldiers ransacked about $650 in cash during the raid.
In Jenin, army detained local Abdullah Abu Qathela, from the village of Ta’ennek at a flying checkpoint that was set up last night at the village’s entrance.
Meanwhile, in Qalqilia, forces detained local Mahmoud Melhem, 21.
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