Undercover Israeli forces detain 8 children

Undercover Israeli forces detained eight Palestinian children from Aida refugee camp in the southern occupied West Bank city of Beit Lahm ('Bethlehem') Monday afternoon, as residents of the camp -- particularly minors -- have recently been subject to an intensification of violent military raids.

Locals told Ma’an that after clashes broke out between local youth and Israeli forces in the camp, a unit of undercover Israeli forces disguised as Palestinians infiltrated the crowd to kidnap the young Palestinians, who were all under 15 years old.

A group of uniformed Israeli troopers rushed to back up the undercover unit, who then took the eight children to an unknown location.

The detained youths were identified as Amir Ismael Elayyan, Izz al-Din Badwan, Muhammad Wahid Qaraqe, Adam Muhammad Darwish, Muhammad Nasser Darwish, Abd al-Fattah Abu Shera, Daoud Raed Sharara, and Yousif Muhammad Jawarish.

Sources added that Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas canisters at the protesting youth and civilian houses nearby.