JERUSALEM, February 15, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Saturday detained several Palestinian workers from Sur Baher town, south of the occupied West Bank city of Jerusalem, according to the Jerusalem Governorate.
It said in a press release that the occupying forces rounded up several workers holding West Bank identity cards while the latter were in Sur Baher.
Earlier this evening, the occupying forces rounded up two minors from Qaryout village, southeast of Nablus.
Earlier and in the predawn hours, the occupation forces rounded up at least eight Palestinians in multiple raids across the West Bank.
Israeli forces rounded up two brothers from their dwellings in Wadi al-Faw in the northern Jordan Valley, as confirmed by Kamal Bani Odeh, head of the Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS) Office in Tubas.
Four others of the eight detainees were identified as residents of al-Yamun town, west of Jenin, where the soldiers ransacked their houses, wreaking havoc inside.
Three others were identified as residents of the city of Tulkarm. Two of the three were rounded up from the vehicle they were riding in on the street of the court complex, and the other from the vicinity of Shuweika roundabout in the city.
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 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 10,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 365 child prisoners and 15 female prisoners.
This number includes approximately 3,369 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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