On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted five Palestinians, including three children, from their homes in the Ramallah governorate, in the central part of the occupied West Bank.

Several army jeeps invaded Beit Sira village, west of the city before the soldiers stormed and ransacked homes and abducted Atallah Bader, 60, Jihad Odah Al-Haj, 14, Mahmoud Mohammad Salama, 14, and Jamil Mohammad Jamil, 14.

The soldiers also invaded Deir Abu Mashal village, west of Ramallah, searched homes, and abducted Saher Atiyya Al-Far, 42.