Israeli forces have detained two Palestinian children and a female university student in early morning raids across the Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate in the Occupied West Bank, Wafa reports.

Palestinian security sources told Wafa that the forces detained 15-year-old Ibrahim Al-Abour and 13-year-old Mohammad Jaber Shreiteh after storming their family homes in the town of Al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiya, northwest of Ramallah.

The same sources added that Israeli forces also detained Salam Rizqallah, a female student at Birzeit University, after raiding her home in the Um Al-Sharayet neighbourhood of Al-Bireh city.

In a related incident, Israeli soldiers raided the home of former prisoner Hamada Ibrash and threatened him with consequences if he displayed any signs of celebration during his upcoming wedding.

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