Hebron: Israeli occupation forces Tuesday evening detained two Palestinians from the Hebron and Nablus governorates in the occupied West Bank, according to security sources. They reported that the occupation forces apprehended one Palestinian from a store in Hebron City. Concurrently, soldiers at the Deir Sharaf checkpoint detained a young man, hours after detaining his brother from the Rafidia area to pressure him into surrendering.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, earlier in the day, the occupation forces detained 25 Palestinians in multiple raids across the West Bank, verified by local sources. The forces ransacked several houses, detaining six Palestinians from Jaba' town, south of Jenin City, a location under Israeli military aggression for 92 consecutive days. Additionally, they invaded a house in Jenin's eastern neighborhood, detaining a young man.
In the Hebron governorate, Israeli soldiers detained six Palestinians, including two brothers from Deir Samet town, west of Hebron. Soldiers forcibly entered several houses in Hebron's southern area, detaining four others. Armed soldiers also detained five others, two brothers from Yatta town and three from Beit Ummar town, northwest of Hebron.
The Tulkarm governorate saw a similar raid in the Thannaba neighborhood, where soldiers entered numerous houses, creating disarray, and detained three Palestinians. The soldiers also rearrested a former prisoner after raiding his house near the Tulkarm refugee camp.
The occupation forces regularly raid Palestinian homes across the West Bank under the pretext of searching for 'wanted' Palestinians, frequently leading to clashes with residents. These raids occur without search warrants, as military powers allow such actions at their discretion.
Under Israeli military law, army commanders hold extensive authority over 3 million Palestinians in the West Bank, with Palestinians having no influence over this power. Latest figures from Addameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, indicate 9,900 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli facilities, including 400 children, 27 women, and five Palestinian Legislative Council members. This total includes around 3,498 Palestinians under 'administrative detention,' which permits detention without charge or trial under undisclosed evidence.
The mass arrest of Palestinians is longstanding. A 2017 Addameer report states over 800,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel in the past 50 years, now estimated at nearly 1 million. This implies about 40% of Palestinian men and boys under military occupation have been imprisoned, affecting almost every Palestinian family.
