Israeli soldiers arrested, on Wednesday at dawn, three Palestinian youths in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and took them to the Etzion detention center.The Beit Ummar City Council stated that soldiers broke into several homes and violently searched them causing damage and panic among the residents.

The three were identified as Rasheed Mohammad Awad, 17, Yasser Fayez Abu Fanous, 17, and Mohammad Awad Ikhlayyil, 22.

Awad and Abu Fanous were previously arrested and imprisoned for several months.

Recently, Israeli soldiers carried out repeated invasions against Beit Ummar recently, and arrested 16 residents, including 13 who are under the age of 18.