RAMALLAH, Sunday, April 28, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces detained a minimum of 15 Palestinians, including a young woman, last night and this morning during multiple raids into Palestinian towns and villages in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources and witnesses.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) and the Prisoners Affairs Authority stated in a joint statement today that the arrests took place in the governorates of Tulkarm, Qalqilya, Jenin, Tubas, Salfit, Jericho, and Jerusalem.
In the Tulkarm province, an Israeli occupation army unit involving 20 military vehicles stormed the town of Illar, where they detained four Palestinian young men after raiding their homes and interrogating their residents.
Meanwhile, in the Nablus province, Israeli occupation forces stormed the village of Deir el-Hatab, where they arrested a young woman after raiding and searching her family home in the village. The woman was identified as Narmeen Jamal Hussein.
In the meantime, an Israeli military force broke into the village of Hazma, east of occupied Jerusalem, and arrested a 22-year-old Palestinian after raiding and searching his home.
In Qalqilia, north of the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces stormed the town of Kafr Qaddum, where they arrested a 19-year-old teenager after raiding his family home and assaulting him.
The joint statement added that Israeli occupation forces continue to carry out wide-ranging raid operations and harassment during the arrests, accompanied by brutal beatings, threats against detainees and their families, as well as extensive acts of sabotage and destruction in the homes of civilians.
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