RAMALLAH, Thursday, October 17, 2019 (WAFA) – Israeli forces today detained at least nine Palestinians, including a seriously-wounded man, during multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
PPS confirmed that a Palestinian young man was seriously wounded after Israeli forces opened fire towards him during a detention raid in Am‘ari refugee camp near Ramallah city.
Undercover Israeli forces opened fire at the 25-year-old Palestinian on allegations that he rammed his car into an unmarked police vehicle that conducted arrests in the camp.
None of the soldiers were injured in the collision. The victim, identified as a resident of Jerusalem, was transferred in critical condition to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem.
Soldiers proceeded to detain two Palestinians after storming their houses in the refugee camp.
The shooting provoked local youngsters into hurling stones and empty glass bottles at the soldiers, who responded by opening fire them upon their withdrawal from the camp.
In the northern West Bank, Israeli military vehicles raided Jabaa village, south of Jenin city, where soldiers rounded up three Palestinians.
PPS also confirmed two other military raids in Azzun town, east of Qalqilia, and Anabta town, east of Tulkarem, resulting in the detention of two Palestinians.
In Hebron district, PPS said that Israeli troops rounded up a Palestinian and thoroughly searched several houses in Beit Awwa town, west of Hebron.
On Wednesday afternoon, PPS noted that Israeli forces rounded up a 12-year-old child from Qalqilia city and four women from Jerusalem.
The 12-year-old child, a student in the seventh grade, was supposed to celebrate his 12th birthday today.
Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis 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.
K.F.
