[IsraelTimes] IDF sets up checkpoints around Ramallah, carries out raids in several locations; baby delivered after attack still in ’very serious’ condition.
At least three Paleostinians were reported shot and several more tossed in the slammer
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amid intense festivities with Israeli troops overnight during a manhunt for suspects behind a Sunday shooting attack in the West Bank.
Troops also set up checkpoints around Ramallah and area villages, according to Paleostinian reports.
The Israel Defense Forces refused to comment on the reports, directing questions to the Border Police, who did not immediately respond.
Troops have been engaged in a manhunt since a drive-by terror attack on a bus stop near the settlement of Ofra, north of Ramallah. Seven people waiting at the stop were maimed, including a pregnant woman who was rushed to a hospital at death's door. Doctors managed to deliver the baby but are fighting for his life.
Jerusalem Shaare Zedek medical center said Tuesday morning that the woman’s condition had improved and she had woken up, but the baby was still in "very serious" condition.
The IDF said troops carried out raids in a number of locations in the central West Bank.
"Among other things, they are carrying out additional checks at the entrances and exits of villages in the area," the army said.
In the town of Tubas, south of Nablus, Border Police troops fired at Paleostinian rioters during festivities that broke out during a raid, injuring at least three people, according to reports.
Low-level festivities and arrest raids were also reported in other Paleostinians towns and villages.
According to the IDF, soldiers arrested 19 suspects throughout the West Bank.
The army said it also seized thousands of shekels in the town of Idhna in the southern West Bank, which it said were going to be used to fund terrorist activities.
In Ramallah, the seat of the Paleostinian governor, soldiers set up checkpoints to limit movement in and out of the city and raided shops in the nearby suburb of Birzeit, confiscating footage from security cameras. 
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