Israeli troops have kidnapped at least six people, including two children, in a series of raids across the occupied Palestinian territories.
Palestinian sources say four Palestinians were abducted after soldiers raided and ransacked their homes in al-Khalil (Hebron).
Local Palestinian officials say a former political prisoner is said to be among the detainees. Local residents say they were taken to an unknown location.
The raids were part of an ongoing Israeli military campaign in the volatile region.
Meanwhile, two other Palestinians were kidnapped in a town in the north of al-Quds (Jerusalem) and sent to an Israeli military base for interrogation.
The abductions come three weeks after a truce took effect between the Israeli regime and the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, in the Gaza Strip to end a 50-day war.
More than 2,100 Palestinians, mostly women, children and the elderly, were killed in the Israeli onslaught on Gaza. Around 11,000 others were injured.
Approximately 2,000 of the Palestinian have been arrested over the past three months.
Palestinian Ministry of Detainees says Tel Aviv withholds identification information on Gazan detainees. The ministry has also expressed growing concern that some of the detainees have been executed.
Several international bodies and human rights organizations have condemned Israel’s increasing use of arrest and so-called administrative detention – a form of imprisonment without trial or charge that allows Israel to incarcerate Palestinians for up to six months.
Back in June, tens of Palestinian prisoners, who were on a hunger strike in protest against administrative detention, were hospitalized over health concerns.
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