RAMALLAH, June 8, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Thursday detained at least seven Palestinians and seized metalwork equipment during multiple predawn raids across a number of West Bank districts, said Palestinian security sources.

Israeli police detained and interrogated three Palestinian minors, aged 13 and 16, in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Tur for allegedly hurling stones at police.

Israeli forces detained two Palestinians after storming their family homes during separate raids into Tuqu and al-Khader, near Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.

Forces also conducted a similar raid into Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, where they stormed a metalwork shop and seized its equipment allegedly for being used for manufacturing weapons.

Elsewhere in the southern West Bank, forces conducted a raid into Dhahiriya, south of Hebron, ransacking several homes and detaining a Palestinian.

They also ransacked a number of homes and interrogated their owners during raids into Hebron city and nearby Idna.

In the northern West Bank, troops detained a Palestinian after storming his family home in al-Jalama village, north of Jenin.

They conducted a similar raid into Jalqamus village, southeast of Jenin, interrogating a former prisoner and ransacking his home.

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