This article was originally published by Maan News and is republished with permission.

The Israeli forces launched a widespread apprehension campaign in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, seizing twenty Palestinians.

Israeli soldiers seized an Islamic Jihad activist, 22-year-old, Feisal Mahmoud Abdullah Khalifeh, from Nur Shams refugee camp, in Tulkarem.

Twelve members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the An Nasser Salah Addin Brigades of the Popular Resistance Committees were abducted by Israeli troops in the Jenin area, in the northern West Bank.

In the southern West Bank city of Hebron, seven Palestinians were seized and taken to an undisclosed destination.

One of the abductees is a council member of a local municipality, 65-year-old As'ad Sha'ban.

Other citizens apprehended in Hebron were named as: Khaled Abu Hashash, aged 15, Jihad Abu Daieh, 45, Medhat Abed El Majied Al Qesieh, 35, and Yaser Mahmoud Al Wreidat, 32.