Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, fifteen Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, mostly from Hebron and Bethlehem governorates, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.

The PPS said the soldiers stormed an ransacked many homes in several villages and towns, in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, and abducted nine Palestinians identified as Faisal Mohammad Najjar, Rami Ali Najjar, Ahmad Mohammad Najjar, So’oud Abu Yousef, Mahmoud Abdul-Rahman Najjar, Mohammad Jibreel Najjar and Ghaleb Mohammad Qar’ish, all from Yatta, in addition to Aref Qabaja from Tarqoumia, and Yasser Barbarawi, 27, from Halhoul.

In Bethlehem governorate, south of occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted four former political prisoners, identified as Ahmad Mazen Raqban, Jihad Omar Ayyad, Omar Ayyad al-Hreimi and Mohammad Hadia.

The soldiers also abducted one Palestinian, identified as Omar Abdul-Rahman Awad, from Salfit, in central West Bank.

In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Harith Mohammad Shallash, from his home in Shuqba town, northwest of the city.