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Israeli police kidnap Jerusalemite young men during overnight campaign

Thursday 2-April-2020

The Israeli occupation police last night and at dawn Thursday stormed different areas of Jerusalem and kidnaped several Palestinian young men.

According to local sources police forces escorted by intelligence officers stormed Silwan district east of Jerusalem last night and rounded up three young men after physically assaulting them.

The detainees were identified as Yazan Siyam Mahmoud Awwad and Nour Asfour.

Later at dawn police forces broke into Abu Tayeh neighborhood in Silwan with no reported arrests.

Israeli police forces also stormed Issawiya district northeast of Jerusalem and kidnaped a young man called Sa’id Obeid after beating him.

They also kidnaped another young man called Mohamed Mustafa from Issawiya and handed others summonses for interrogation.

In a separate incident police forces on Wednesday evening confiscated about 100 sheep from a Palestinian shepherd as he was herding them in Wadi al-Humus neighborhood in Sur Baher village south of Jerusalem.

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