ISRAELI FORCES DETAIN 15 PALESTINIANS IN HEBRON AREA

Hebron, 26 Muharram 1436/8 November 2015 (MINA) – Israeli forces detained at least 15 Palestinians overnight Saturday during home raids in the Hebron district of the southern occupied West Bank, local sources said.

Local sources said Israeli forces raided Hebron City and detained Jamal Abu Zeineh, Hamza Zablah, Amjad Salhab, Anas Abu Remeileh, Yusif Shawer, Saif Abu Zeineh, Jihad Abu Remeileh, Alaa Asem al-Jaabari and Talat Rushdi.

In Ithna village, west of Hebron, local sources said Israeli forces arrested Hazim Jebreen al-Jiyawe, who was released from Israeli prison nearly two months previously, Ma’an News Ageny quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

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Locals said during the raid Israeli forces ransacked al-Jiyawe’s home, and damaged some of the family’s belongings.

Near Yatta, south of Hebron, Israeli forces detained Yaza Ali Harahsha, Bassam Abu Zwueid, Osama Mohammad Harb Qasiyya and Firas Khalid Mousa al-Shamsti
Additionally, in Hebron’s Beit Ummar neighborhood, Israeli forces raided the home of Walid Mohammad Ineim Abu Ayyash, detained his son Ali,15, and took him Etzion detention center north of Hebron, spokesman for a popular resistance committee Muhammad Ayyad Awad said.

Israeli forces also put up several new checkpoints in Hebron and around the al-Fawwar refugee camp.

An Israeli army spokesperson had no immediate information on the detainments.

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Around 7,000 Palestinians are being held in Israeli jails. Last month saw a surge in Palestinian detentions, including higher-than-average levels of minors, according to prisoners’ rights group Addameer.(T/P008/R07)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)