Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, eighteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.

In Bethlehem, south of the occupied capital Jerusalem in the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Maher Mohammad al-Walaji, 18, Mohammad Wael Manna’, 17, from the Deheishe refugee camp, in addition to Kamel Mahdi Za’oul, 18, Zidan Mohammad Zidan, 20, from Husan town, and Ahmad Mohammad Abu Rayya from Artas village.

In Jenin, in northern West Bank, undercover Israeli soldiers kidnapped a former political prisoner, identified as Ashraf al-Qaisi, from Jenin refugee camp, while the soldiers also abducted Jaber Obeid and Mohammad As’ad Ataya, from Anza village, in addition to Hisham Tawfiq Hamdan, 27, from Arraba town.

In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ala’ Samih al-A’raj from the city, in addition to Bara’ Nael Dweikat from Rojeeb village, and Nosseir Abu Thabet from Beit Dajan.

In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Abdul-Rahman al-Jaleesy and Ahmad Taiseer Rashed from the al-Jalazonerefugee camp, Jihad Ahmad Hamayda and Ahmad Hamada Sabah from Kafr Ni’ma village, and Hamza Ghazi Khatib from Bil’in village.

In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Obeida al-Ajlouni from the southern area of the city.