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Arresting three Jerusalemites from Silwan
December 26, 2018

The Israeli occupation forces arrested three Palestinians at dawn Wednesday, after storming and searching their homes in Batn Al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan.

Wadi Hilweh Information Center / Silwan explained that and occupation forces along with intelligence personnel stormed Batn Al-Hawa, and were spread at the entrances and stationed along the main street and the doors of several houses, and then stormed 3 houses forRajabi family and arrested three family members.

The center added that the forces executed the arrests and searched the house and deliberately destroyed the contents.

The center said the detainees were Ahmed Eyad Rajabi, 13, Hamza Zuheir Rajabi, 16, and Yousef Maher Rajabi, 20, who were transferred to Al-Maskobyeh police center in West Jerusalem for questioning on charges of "throwing stones and Molotov cocktails."

The center noted that the Israeli occupation forces closed several streets in the village of Silwan, especially in the area of Bi'er Ayoub and Ein Al-Lozeh. They stopped the vehicles, searched the youths and randomly fired sound grenades and rubber bullets.