Update: The soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday afternoon, a young Palestinian man, identified as Tareq Aziz al-Abbasi, from his work in Jerusalem.
Updated From: May 3, 2016 @ 13:29 Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, 21 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, mainly in occupied East Jerusalem, after the soldiers invaded and searched dozens of homes.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in Jerusalem city, and kidnapped four Palestinians identified as Khaled Shaweesh, Sami Abu Romeila, 15, Adham Abu Najma, and another young man who remained unidentified until the time of this report.
It is worth mentioning that Abu Najma is a former political prisoner, who was held under house arrest, before the soldiers abducted him.
The PPS added that the soldiers also invaded and searched many homes in al-Jadeera and Bir Nibala towns, in the Jerusalem district, and kidnapped six Palestinians identified as Dia Mohammad Shehada, 20, Rashad Abdul-Fattah Barjas, 19, Mohammad Saed Barjas, 19, Tareq Abdul-Karim Barjas, 17, Khaled Aziz Zeidan, 50, and Mohammad Nizar Zeidan, 24.
Mohammad is the son of Nizar Zeidan, who is held by Israel, and is serving a fifty-year imprisonment term.
In Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers invaded and searched many homes, and kidnapped Monir Sami Abbad, Saleh Farah Abbad and Waddah Saleh ‘Oleyyan.
The soldiers also kidnapped two Palestinians from the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, one of them, identified as Nidal Bassam Thareefa, 40, was kidnapped near the al-Karama border crossing with Jordan, and the other was identified as Bilal Nimir Ajaj, 25.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded Marah Rabah village, and kidnapped a mute and blind young man, identified as Emad Ahmad Faqeeh, 23, in addition to Odai Hani Taqatqa.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, the soldiers invaded Turmus Ayya village, and kidnapped Jamil Mustafa Tayyim, 20, Mahmoud Methqal Saleh, 20, and Mohammad al-Amin Kanaan, 20.
In the southern West Bank district of Hebron, the soldiers searched several homes and kidnapped one Palestinian, identified as Mohsen Mohammad al-Ja’ba, 22.