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Israeli forces raided the central occupied West Bank village of Silwad before dawn today, detaining two relatives of a Palestinian accused of carrying out an alleged car-ramming attack which killed an Israeli soldier yesterday.
Malik Hamid, 23, was detained yesterday after his car ran into two Israeli soldiers at an intersection near the illegal Israeli settlement of Ofra in the Ramallah district, killing 20-year-old Elchay Teharlev and injuring the other soldier.
Detained
- Ahmad Moussa Hamid, 52
- Moussa Ahmad Hamid, 17
- Muhammad Omar Hamid, 23
- Mutasem Abd Al-Majid Hammad
Hamid’s father and brother were detained by Israeli forces during today’s raid, along with two other residents.
According to Israeli news outlet Arutz Sheva, Israeli forces also confiscated six allegedly stolen vehicles, 40,000 shekels ($10,970) as well as the work permits of an unspecified number of Hamid’s relatives.
A Palestinian woman with Israeli citizenship was shot dead while driving in northern Israel
Israeli forces also reportedly prevented Silwad’s mosques from opening their doors for dawn prayer.
Hamid is currently held at the notorious Russian Compound detention centre, where the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said he was assaulted and stripped by interrogators.
A PPS lawyer who visited Hamid at the detention centre said he was not injured.
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