HEBRON, December 13, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli forces detained a Palestinian young man on Friday evening after assaulting him in the Old City of Hebron, according to a local activist.

Activist Aref Jaber said Israeli forces stopped a Palestinian in the Jaber neighborhood, violently beat him and then transferred him to a nearby detention camp.

The activist, a resident of the Jaber neighborhood, noted that Israeli forces regularly stop young men in the area, search their phones and fabricate reasons to assault or detain them.

Nine incidents were documented this week in which young men were stopped, assaulted and detained by the Israeli forces after their phones were confiscated.

He expressed serious concerns about the escalating violence by Israeli forces and colonists against Palestinian residents in the Old City and its surrounding neighborhoods.

Israeli forces also closed the Al-Shuhada Street checkpoint, which leads to the Tel Rumeida area, barring residents from entering or exiting the area.

T.R.