Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight and at dawn, Tuesday, 17 Palestinians, including children, during extensive invasions and violent searches of homes, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem.
The soldiers invaded and searched many homes in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and abducted Wadea’ Mohammad Badawi, 16, Abdul-Fattah Khaled Mahfouth, 16, and Monatser Mohammad Shahin, 15, all from al-‘Arroub refugee camp, in addition to Abdullah Ali al-Arouri, 22, from Yatta town, and al-Mo’tasem Billah Al-Jeyyawi, from Ethna.
In Jenin district, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers abducted Omar Hamarsha, from Ya’bad town, south of the city, after confiscating his car and searching his home, while Mohammad Hamdan Kanash, 27, and Mohammad Jamal Mas’oud, were abducted from their homes in Barta’a nearby town.
In Tulkarem district, also in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers abducted Hamza Abdullah Yousef and Mo’men Abu Sbeika, from Far’un village, ad Khaled Bassam Hamshari, from Ezbet al-Jarad village.
In Ramallah, the soldiers abducted Aseed Morad Nakhla, 17, Sufian Mohammad Sharaka, 18, and Mohammad Nidal ‘Oleyyan, 16, from their homes in the al-Jalazonerefugee camp.
In Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Ziad Shamasna, 18, and Bilal Mustafa Shamasna, 19, from their homes in Qotna village, northwest of Jerusalem.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers also searched homes, and abducted Mustafa Bassam Sheikh.