The occupation arrests 16 Palestinians from the West Bank, including a child and former prisoners (French)
Last night and today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested at least 16 Palestinians from the West Bank, including a child and former prisoners, while confrontations broke out between the Palestinians and the Israeli forces in various areas of the West Bank.
The Prisoners' and Ex-Prisoners' Affairs Authority and the Prisoners' Club explained in a joint statement that the arrest operations were distributed across the governorates of Hebron, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Tulkarm, and Jerusalem, and were accompanied by widespread acts of abuse, severe beatings, and threats against detainees and their families, in addition to widespread acts of sabotage and destruction of citizens' homes.
The statement indicated that the total number of arrests since October 7 has risen to more than 7,755 detainees, and includes those who were arrested from homes and through military checkpoints, those who were forced to surrender themselves under pressure, and those who were held hostage.
Local security sources reported that the occupation forces raided the city of Hebron and arrested 4 Palestinians from the town of Beit Awa, southwest of Hebron, after storming their homes, searching them, and tampering with their contents.
The occupation forces also stormed the town of Sa'ir, east of Hebron, and beat the citizen Fadi Al-Mutawar, resulting in him sustaining fractures and bruises. He was transferred to the hospital to receive treatment.
The occupation forces raided and searched a number of citizens’ homes in the towns of Sa’ir and Surif.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested the boy, Ahmed Hani Suman (17 years old), from the Al-Fawaghra neighborhood in Bethlehem after raiding his family’s home.
Occupation forces storm the city of Beit Fajjar in Bethlehem and launch a raid and arrest campaign #Gaza_War #Video pic.twitter.com/cy0Mf6Rkma
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Today at dawn, the Israeli occupation forces arrested 4 citizens from the village of Al-Laban Al-Gharbi, west of Ramallah, after they raided their homes and tampered with their contents.
Confrontations broke out between young men and the occupation forces after they stormed the village, during which poison gas bombs were fired at citizens, but no injuries were reported.
In Jenin, a young Palestinian man was injured by live bullets in the leg during confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in the village of Siris, south of the city.
In a related context, the occupation forces stormed the town of Al-Yamoun and raided the homes of citizens and destroyed their contents, while they stormed the village of Fahma and raided the house of the citizen Alaa Muhammad Nawasra, turning its roof into a military point and erecting a military checkpoint at the main entrance.
Since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, the army has escalated its raids and arrests in the West Bank, and its attacks, leaving 450 martyrs and about 4,750 wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Source: Al Jazeera + agencies