Israeli forces raided several Palestinians communities and seized five people in the West Bank on Wednesday night, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.
In the Jenin area in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces detained three young men. According to Palestinian security sources, Israeli forces raided several houses in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin and seized Aybak Allam Abu Ali, 20.
In neighboring Birqin village, Israeli soldiers detained Muhammad Basem Khalouf, 19, during a raid on his house, the security sources said.
According to the same sources, soldiers staffing the Shave Shomeron military checkpoint, north of the city of Nablus, detained Khaled Abdullah Zakarneh, a student from Jenin enrolled at An-Najjah University in Nablus. Zakarneh was taken away by soldiers after they checked his identity card.
In the city of Qalqiliya, also in the northern West Bank, Palestinian police said that invading Israeli soldiers detained resident Mahmoud Nejem during a raid on his house, and also confiscated two computers.
Police also said that soldiers raided Aqbat Jaber Refugee Camp near the city of Jericho and seized Ra’fat Abdullah Ka’abneh.
The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth also announced that five Palestinians were detained overnight and were “taken for questioning.”
All the detainees are being held at undisclosed locations.
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