NABLUS, December 11, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces Wednesday evening shot a Palestinian and detained two others in Bazariya village, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to local sources.
They said that the occupation forces barged their way into the village, triggering confrontations.
The gun-toting soldiers fired volleys of live ammunition, concussion grenades and teargas canisters towards local youths protesting the raid, injuring one by live ammunition. They rounded up two villagers.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its medics provided first-aid treatment to a villager who sustained a live gunshot injury in the abdomen. The casualty was rushed to a hospital.
Meanwhile, local sources confirmed that the occupation forces detained a Palestinian after intercepting his vehicle in Abu Qash village, north of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. They withdrew to the direction of the Atara military checkpoint.
In the meantime, Israeli troops rounded up another, identified as a resident of Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after stopping him at the town entrance.
Earlier, Israeli soldiers rounded up a Palestinian woman from Batn al-Hawa in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. They did that in the course of providing protection to colonists who broke into the detained woman’s house in a prelude to take it over.
In the predawn hours of Wednesday, the occupation forces conducted multiple raids across the West Bank, detaining at least 20 Palestinians.
This bring the total number of Palestinians detained on Wednesday to 25.
Israeli occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which also take place 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.
According to the latest figures from Addameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, there are currently 10,200 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centres, including 270 children and 94 female prisoners.
This number includes 3,443 Palestinians placed under “administrative detention”, which allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.
The mass arrest of Palestinians is nothing new. According to a 2017 report by Addameer, over the past 50 years, more than 800,000 Palestinians have been imprisoned or detained by Israel, this figure is now believed to be closer to 1 million. This means that about 40% of Palestinian men and boys living under military occupation have been deprived of their freedom. Almost every Palestinian family has suffered the imprisonment of a loved one.
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