The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted,on Monday at dawn, 29 Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, including ten in Jerusalem.
The PPS said the soldiers conducted very violent searches of dozens of homes, and stores, across the West Bank, causing property damage, and interrogated scores of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
The PPS added that the soldiers abducted ten Palestinians, mostly former political prisoners, from occupied East Jerusalem.
They have been identified as Ibrahim Mohammad Dirbas, Mohammad Soheib Mheisin, Abed Dari, Majd Darwish, Yousef al-Kiswani, Anas Abu Assab, Wadea’ Abu al-Hummus, Samer Abu Aisha, Anwar Salahuddin and Majd ‘Oweis.
In Ramallah and al-Biereh Governorate, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted nine Palestinians, identified as Hussein Sheja’eyya, Mohammad Ribhi Shoman, Amir Shoman, Salah Mohammad Khawaja, Mo’tasem Bilal Khawaja, Abdul-Qader Sharay’a,Abdul-Hakim Abu ‘Aadi, Nidal Rimawi and Anwar Salahuddin.
In Ramallah city, the soldiers broke into several shops in the al-Irsal Street, in addition to the villages of Sarda and Abu Qash, before confiscating surveillance recordings and equipment.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers abducted five Palestinians, identified as, former political prisoner Ghassan Zawahra, in addition to Amjad Shweiki, Sa’id Mahmoud al-A’raj,Mohammad Fuad Sabah and his brother Salah.
In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Salman, and a journalist, identified as Sameh Manasra.
In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Omar Ahmad Abu Hussein,and Husam Hashlamoun.
Furthermore,soldiers stationed at Barta’a military roadblock, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, stopped and abducted a young man, identified as Omar Abdullah, from Arraba nearby town. The soldiers also detained a young man,identified as Walid Tawfiq Amarna, from Zibda village, west of Jenin, and interrogated him for several hours before releasing him.