Israeli occupation forces detain 18 Palestinians, including a 12-year-old boy, in raids in the West Bank

RAMALLAH: The Israeli occupation forces today detained at least 18 Palestinians, including a 12-year-old boy, in raids at their homes in the occupied West Bank, according to various sources. Soldiers raided Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem where they detained a 34-year-old man and his 12-year-old son, said the sources. Another person was detained in another town of the Bethlehem district. Six were also detained in the Hebron district in the south of the West Bank, one of them was severely beaten, according to local sources. Four other people were detained in different places in the Jenin governorate in the north of the West Bank, one was detained in the Nablus area, one in Tubas, two from the Ramallah area, and one from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Kufr Aqab. According to prisoners' groups, Israel detained more than 4400 Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since the start of its aggression on Gaza on October 7. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA