Israeli forces abducted at least three Palestinians from the central West Bank city of Ramallah and surrounding towns, including a female journalist and a former prisoner.
Israeli forces invaded and searched the homes of two Palestinian young men, including a former prisoner in the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah, before abducting them.
At dawn Tuesday, occupation forces stormed the home of Nour Ali Shreiteh, in the town of al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya, northeast of Ramallah, before abducting him.
Northwest of the city, the army broke into the home of former prisoner, Mohammad Mahfouz Damra, in the town of Mazari an-Nubani, before abducting him.
According to Al-Jazeera and the PPS, occupation forces also abducted the female journalist, Rula Hassanein, from her home in Ramallah city, after confiscating her phone and laptop.
The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said that at least fifteen Palestinians were abducted by the Israeli army between Monday night and Tuesday morning, including former prisoners and the female journalist.
According to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), Israeli forces have abducted 7,670 Palestinians since the beginning of the military onslaught against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.
The report added that the total includes citizens who were abducted from their homes, through military roadblocks, those who were coerced to surrender themselves under pressure, and those who were taken hostage by the Israeli military.
Israeli forces have arrested Palestinian journalist Rula Hassanein from her home in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, and confiscated her laptop and phone.
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In related news, Israeli forces abducted nine Palestinians from the Jenin and Qalqilia governorates and three from the Hebron governorate.