Al-Qassam Website - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have kidnapped at least seven  Palestinian civilians in a pre-dawn raid on the occupied West bank cities of Al-Khalil and Bethlehem.

Local sources said the occupying forces kidnapped three Palestinian youths, Baraa' al-Huroub, Ezz al-Huroub, and Iyad Awawdeh, from occupied Al-Khalil.

The sources added the occupation forces also kidnapped young Palestinian man Ali Katana after breaking into his family home in occupied Bethlehem.

There are some 4,780 Palestinian detainees, including 29 female detainees and around 160 children, languishing in Israeli occupation jails, according to Palestinian prisoners' rights groups.