JERUSALEM, February 4, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces Tuesday evening detained two Palestinians from the occupied West Bank city of Jerusalem, according to local sources and Jerusalem Governorate.
They said that the occupying forces rounded up two Palestinians; a 14-year-old minor from his family house, located on Al-Wad Street, in the Old City of Jerusalem, and another from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
Meanwhile, the occupying forces raided al-Ram town, north of Jerusalem, simultaneously while firing barrages of tear gas canisters.
The soldiers briefly held and interrogated several residents before releasing them.
The 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 are conducted without 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 10,400 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centres, including 320 child prisoners and 88 female prisoners.
This number includes approximately 3,376 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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