RAMALLAH, Wednesday, August 19, 2020 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces detained today 18 Palestinians, mostly from the occupied East Jerusalem, according to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).

The statement said that the occupation forces detained nine Palestinians from Issawiyeh neighborhood in East Jerusalem, and two employees of Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of them the head of Al-Aqsa female guards.

The forces also detained three people from Qalandia refugee camp and al-Ram, north of Jerusalem.

Moreover, Israeli soldiers detained one from Jenin, one from Tubas, another one from Tulkarm and another from Ramallah.

K.T./M.K.