Israeli forces detain minor from Nablus-governorate village

Israeli occupation forces Thursday evening detained a Palestinian minor from the village of Qusra, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to local sources. They said that the occupation forces stormed the village, simultaneously while firing barrages of tear gas canisters and concussion guns towards the villagers. In the course of the raid, the soldiers detained a minor. There was no immediate information on any suffocation cases or casualties. In the predawn hours of Thursday and Wednesday late night, the occupation forces rounded up at least 22 Palestinians in multiple raids across the West Bank. Israeli occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents. These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers. Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised. According to the latest figures from Addameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, there are currently 9,900 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 240 children and 87 female prisoners. This number includes 3,332 Palestinians placed under 'administrative detention', which allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee's lawyer is barred from viewing. Mass arrest of Palestinians is nothing new. According to a 2017 report by Addameer, over the past 50 years, more than 800,000 Palestinians have been imprisoned or detained by Israel, this figure is now believed to be closer to 1 million. This means that about 40% of Palestinian men and boys living under military occupation have been deprived of their freedom. Almost every Palestinian family has suffered the imprisonment of a loved one. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA