4 Jewish Israelis extracted from Bayt Jala, Qalqilya by Palestinian Authority security forces

Three Jewish Israeli women were extracted by the Palestinian Authority’s security forces from the West Bank Palestinian town of Bayt Jala overnight, while a man was escorted out of Qalqilya.

The Civil Administration, a branch of the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator for Government Affairs in the Territories (COGAT), says it received a report of three Israeli women wandering around Qalqilya, “while endangering their well-being.”

“Upon receiving the report, officers from the Etzion District Coordination and Liaison office acted to provide immediate protection to the Israelis and at the same time, to transfer them to the security forces through coordination channels,” the Civil Administration says, referring to the Palestinian Authority.

The Civil Administration says that, according to a preliminary investigation, the three were on their way to the nearby Rachel’s Tomb, but took a wrong turn.

In another incident overnight, the Civil Administration says its Ephraim District Coordination and Liaison office received a report of a Jewish Israeli man who was caught by a resident of Qalqilya after he tried to pay in a store in the Palestinian city with counterfeit money.

“Upon receiving the report, officers of the regional district coordination and liaison office acted to provide immediate protection to the Israeli and at the same time to transfer him to the security forces,” the Civil Administration says.

The four are set to be questioned by the police, as Israelis are barred from entering West Bank areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority.