Israeli forces arrest a Palestinian youth for throwing stones at their checkpoint in East al-Quds. (file photo)
Israeli forces have abducted over 20 Palestinians in multiple pre-dawn raids across the occupied West Bank, including the illegally annexed East al-Quds (Jerusalem).
Palestinian sources said Israeli forces have stormed al-Eizariya and Abu Dis villages in the East al-Quds early Tuesday and detained 15 young people after ransacking their homes.
Fierce clashes broke out between the two sides following the attack, with Israeli forces firing tear gas canisters into Palestinian houses.
More than 35 military vehicles, a bulldozer and four military buses were reportedly involved in the raid on the two villages.
Several other Palestinians were also detained in villages near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) issued a press release earlier in January, saying the Tel Aviv regime has perpetrated over 20,000 cases of violations against Palestinians in 2013.
The organization also said Israeli troops have killed over 55 Palestinians, arrested or detained more than 4,530 others, and erected some 5,200 flying checkpoints throughout the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds.
Israel occupied the West Bank in the Six-Day War of 1976. It later annexed East al-Quds in 1981 in a move never recognized by the international community.
On Monday, Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas said East al-Quds being the future capital of the Palestinian state is one of the conditions for the so-called peace talks with the Israeli regime.
He went on to say that Israel should also recognize borders based on the lines that existed before the Six-Day War.
Palestinians are seeking to create an independent state on the territories of the West Bank, East al-Quds, and the Gaza Strip.
Tel Aviv, however, has refused to return to the abovementioned borders and is unwilling to discuss the issue of al-Quds.
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