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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, November, 14, 2016.

Israeli troops invade West Bank communities injuring five and kidnaping at least ten other civilians. These stories, and more, coming up, stay tuned.

Five Palestinians were injured, one seriously, by Israeli troops gunfire invading al-‘Oja village, northeast of Jericho, in the Jordan valley.

Local sources said that soldiers invaded al-‘Oja village and clashes with local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles at the military jeeps, while the soldiers fired live rounds, gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets.

Medical sources said five Palestinians were injured, including one who suffered serious wounds before he was moved to a local hospital.

Moreover, media sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that clashes took place between dozens of soldiers and local youths, after the army invaded the city, and stormed dorms for female students.

The sources stated that the soldiers invaded the al-Khalili building, used as dorms for female college students, and searched it while interrogated many students.

The attack led to clashes between the soldiers and dozens of local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles on the invading forces, while the army fired rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.

Also on Monday, the Israeli army forced 14 Palestinian families living in Khribt Ebziegh village in northern West Bank out of their homes to conduct military training in the area.

According to local sources a total of 70 people including children were forced to stay out of their homes from midday until six in the evening because of that army training. The families will have to be forced out of their homes on Tuesday as well because of the army training, local sources reported.

In other news, The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have abducted, overnight and earlier Monday, at least ten Palestinians, including a child, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.

Meanwhile Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday at dawn, Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem, searched a few homes before abducting two children, and a young man.

And that’s all for today from the IMEMC News; this was the Monday, November, 14,, 2016, news round-up from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. From more news and updates, please visit our website at www.imemc.org Today’s report has been brought to you by George Rishmawi and me Ghassan Bannoura.