NABLUS, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) manning the King Hussein Bridge crossing point with Jordan detained a Palestinian student on returning from the Ukraine where he was studying medicine.

Eyewitnesses said that Baha’a Jaradat was taken into custody by an intelligence force as soon as he handed his passport.

Jaradat had concluded his medicine schooling for five years in the Ukraine and was returning to his hometown of Sa’ir.

Meanwhile, IOF soldiers detained eight Palestinian civilians in Al-Khalil and Tobas districts after storming their homes.

Local sources said that seven of those citizens were rounded up in Yatta village, Al-Khalil district.