RAMALLAH,
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Wednesday overnight detained
22 Palestinians, including one who is recuperating from an injury, from various
parts of the West Bank, according to local and security sources.
They
said that Israeli soldiers rounded up three young Palestinian men, including
two brothers, from their homes in Beita town, south
of Nablus city in the northern West Bank.
One
of the detainees, 22, was recently hit by Israeli military live ammunition as
he participated in an anti-settlement rally in Abu Sbeih
Mountain near the town. He was discharged from hospital just two days ago.
In
Tulkarm district, a sizable Israeli military force
barged their way into Tulkarm refugee camp, where
they detained a Palestinian.
They
re-arrested a former prisoner after breaking into and tampering with the
contents of his house in Dhanaba neighborhood, east
of the city.
In
the central West Bank district of Ramallah and al-Bireh,
the sources confirmed an Israeli military raid in Ein
Yabrud village, northeast of al-Bireh,
resulting in the detention of five villagers.
The
soldiers conducted a similar raid in Burqa village,
east of Ramallah, where they ransacked several houses and detained four others.
In
the southern West Bank, Israeli soldiers rounded up eight others, including a
former political prisoner, in several parts across Hebron district.
The
sources elaborated that the soldiers re-arrested a former prisoner from his
house in Sa‘ir town, northeast of Hebron.
The
soldiers also detained another from Ash-Shuyukh town,
northeast of Hebron, two others from Taffouh town,
west of Hebron, and another from Beit Kahil town, northwest of the city.
The
soldiers stormed and thoroughly searched several houses and detained three
others in Hebron city.
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.
Under Israeli military law army
commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3
million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how
this authority is exercised.
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