Israeli forces arrest 13 Palestinians across West Bank

Palestine

Published: 2017-08-08 13:02

Last Updated: 2024-04-17 23:14


Israeli forces regularly raid Palestinian towns, villages and refugee camps in the West Bank. (DFLP photo)
Israeli forces regularly raid Palestinian towns, villages and refugee camps in the West Bank. (DFLP photo)

Israeli occupation forces detained 13 Palestinians and seized two vehicles during multiple raids across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, said Palestine Prisoner’s Society and security sources.

Israeli forces detained nine Palestinians after storming and ransacking their family homes during multiple overnight raids across Jenin district in the northern West Bank.

Forces also conducted raids into Nablus city, northern West Bank, where they detained a Palestinian from Ras al-Ein neighborhood.

They also conducted a similar raid into Huwara town, south of Nablus, where they detained a former Palestinian prisoner and seized his truck.

Another Palestinian was detained from Qalqiliya district in the northern West Bank.

Meanwhile in Hebron district, forces seized a Palestinian-registered vehicle after storming a Palestinian home in al-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron.

Israeli forces regularly raid Palestinian towns, villages and refugee camps in the West Bank and East Jerusalem and prisoners' rights group Addameer estimated that 6,128 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons as of July.