HEBRON, June 17, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Saturday detained three Palestinians in the Hebron area, in addition to a youth for his alleged involvement in a stabbing attack near Bethlehem.

Three Palestinians aged 18, 22, and 25, were detained after Israeli forces raided, searched, and ransacked into their family homes in the town of Idna, to the west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Forces also detained a 23-year-old youth after he allegedly attempted to carry out a stabbing attack against an Israeli settler near the illegal Israeli settlement of Gush Etzion to the south of Bethlehem.

Soldiers reportedly beat up the youth with the butts of their rifles before detaining him.

T.R./M.K.