NABLUS, February 24, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces Monday evening detained at least five Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, according to security sources.
They said that special Israeli forces sneaked their way to Tunisia Street, west of the Nablus, and rounded up a youth from his store.
Also in the Nablus governorate, Israeli soldiers manning a checkpoint near Sarra town rounded up a girl after inspecting the vehicle she was riding.
Meanwhile, the occupying forces rounded up three Palestinians, including two brothers, after ransacking their houses in the Jenin refugee camp, which has been the target of Israeli aggression for 35 consecutive days.
Earlier today, the occupying forces detained another Palestinian, beat up his son, and seized his vehicle in the town of Sa'ir, northeast of Hebron.
In the predawn hours of Monday, the occupation forces detained three young men in separate raids in the Ramallah governorate.
One of the three detainees was identified as a resident of Silwad town, another as a resident of Kobar town, and the third as a resident of Beit Rima village.
In the city of Nablus, the occupation forces showed up at several houses, muscled inside, conducted thorough searches, and rounded up two brothers.
The heavily armed soldiers broke into the Al-Quds Open University campus and confiscated the video recorder of the CCTV camera system.
In the Jenin governorate, and in the course of the Israeli aggression in Qabatiya town, the occupation forces imposed a curfew on the town for 48 hours, as military bulldozers ravaged through infrastructure and streets, cutting off electricity and water lines.
The soldiers broke into a number of houses, turned them into military outposts and detained a number of Palestinians.
Estimates indicate that since the onset of the Israeli aggression on the Jenin governorate, the occupation forces rounded up approximately 160 Palestinians.
The occupying forces showed up at a store in Silwad town, east of Ramallah, and rounded up four residents; two fathers along with their sons.
The occupation forces barged their way into Surda town, north of Ramallah, and rearrested a former prisoner.
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 10,000 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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