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Elderly man, minor among seven Palestinians detained from West Bank

 

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, April 30, 2019 (WAFA) – Israeli forces detained today seven Palestinians, including a 69-old man and a minor, from various parts of the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS).

It said Israeli forces detained four Palestinians, including a 14-year-old minor, from the central West Bank district of Ramallah and al-Bireh.

WAFA correspondent elaborated that Israeli military vehicles raided Kufr Nimeh village, west of Ramallah, where soldiers detained three Palestinians, including a former prisoner and the minor.

Soldiers deployed at the entrance of the village destroyed a memorial erected in commemoration of Yousef al-Deek and Amir Anqawi, both of whom were killed by Israeli troops at the entrance to the village on March 4.

The fourth Palestinian was detained Silwad town, east of Ramallah.

In the northern West Bank, Israeli forces rounded up two Palestinians from Jenin district, including a former prisoner who spent over 15 years Israeli jails.

Another raid was carried in Qalqiliya district, resulting in the detention of a 69-year-old man identified as Ali Kamel Shawahneh.

K.F./M.K.

 

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