Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, twelve Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank, including three students of Birzeit University.

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers abducted three students of Birzeit University, in Ramallah, identified as Ahmad al-’Ayesh, who previously served as the head of the Students’ Senate, in addition to Amro Rimawi and Ahmad Faraj.

The abductions took place just hours before the Student Senate elections, scheduled for today.

The soldiers also invaded and violently searched many homes in ‘Aseera she-Shemaliyya town, near Ramallah, and briefing detained fifteen Palestinians, including former political prisoner Bilal Kayed, who held an extended hunger strike during his previous imprisonment, under arbitrary administrative detention orders, without charges of trial.

The PPS stated that the soldiers have abducted twelve Palestinians, at dawn, in various parts of the occupied West Bank, during extensive invasions and violent searches of homes.

Source: imemc.org