RAMALLAH,
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Wednesday overnight detained
nine Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank, according to security
sources.
They
said that Israeli forces re-arrested two former prisoners after storming the
houses of their families in Beit Fajjar
town, south of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.
They
also detained two others; one from Ebayyat area and
the other from Husan town, west of the city.
Elsewhere
in the southern West Bank, Israeli troops rounded up another from the southern
part of Hebron city.
They
also rounded up an injured teen after breaking into his family house in al-Arroub refugee camp, north of the city.
The
teen was arrested purportedly for hurling Molotov cocktails towards the nearby
settler-only bypass Road 60 near the camp. He was taken to a hospital in
Jerusalem.
In
Jerusalem, the sources confirmed a similar military raid in Abu Dis town, east of the city, resulting in the detention of
two others.
In
the central West Bank, Israeli forces barged their way into al-Masyoun neighborhood of Ramallah for the second day in a
row, where they broke into a prisoner’s house, turning it upside down.
In
the northern West Bank, Israeli soldiers set an ambush near Jabal
Sbeih (Sbeih Mountain) near
Beita town, south of Nablus, resulting in the
detention of a protestor who participated in the so-called “night confusion”
activities aimed at disturbing Israeli settlers’ attempts to return to the
colonial settlement outpost called Eviatar atop the
mountain.
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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