Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, a senior political leader of Fateh movement in occupied Jerusalem, and his wife, after invading their homes in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.

Several army jeeps invaded the town, before storming the home of Adnan Gheith, and his wife, in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan town, and abducted them.

The soldiers caused excessive damage to the property during the violent searches, and interrogated family members.

The two were taken prisoner only a day after the army abducted nine Palestinians in the al-‘Isawiya town, in Jerusalem.

They have been identified as Mohammad Zakariya ‘Oleyyan, Saleh Abu ’Assab, Qussai Dari, Ahmad Sa’ad Mustafa, Mohammad Tha’er Mahmoud, Ali Amjad Atiya, Anas Ali Dirbas, Ahmad Ali Mazra’awi and Mohammad Ghassan Jaradat.

On Thursday at dawn, the soldiers abducted four young men from their homes in the West Bank governorate of Bethlehem.

Also at dawn, the soldiers abducted four young men from their homes in Qalqilia, Jenin and Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, after the army broke into and searched many homes and buildings.