JERUSALEM, Monday, November 4, 2019 (WAFA) – Israeli forces today detained 14 Palestinians in multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS).

PPS confirmed that seven Palestinians were detained in several raids cross Jerusalem district.

A father and his son were rounded up from al-Eizariya town, east of Jerusalem, four others from the Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Issawiyeh, and another from al-Ram town, north of Jerusalem.

In Hebron district, PPS confirmed an Israeli military raid in Yatta town, south of Hebron, resulting in the detention of two Palestinians.

In the northern West Bank, Israeli military vehicles raided Nablus district, where soldiers rounded up two others.

In Jenin district, PPS said that Israeli forces conducted a raid in Jenin refugee camp, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian.

In Ramallah district, soldiers detained a former prisoner after ransacking his house in Kafr Ni‘ma town, northwest of Ramallah.

A similar predawn military raid was conducted in Deir Abu Mashaal village, northwest of Ramallah, where soldiers rounded up a Palestinian.

Israeli Soldiers surrounded another house in the village. They knocked at the door, and when the family took some time to open it, they detonated the door and searched the house, turning it upside down and seizing a sum of cash.

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.