TUBAS, February 28, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces Friday detained three Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and local sources.
Director of PPS Office in Tubas, Kamal Bani-Odeh, said that the occupying forces rounded up a resident of the city of Tubas while the latter was in Khirber Yirza locality, east of the city.
He added that the heavily armed soldiers briefly held several Palestinians at the locality before releasing them, and confiscated a Palestinian-licensed vehicle.
In the Salfit governorate, the occupation forces ransacked several houses in Qarawat Bani Hassan town and detained a young man.
Meanwhile, soldiers showed up at a house in the city of Nablus, muscled inside, conducted a thorough search, and eventually rounded up an occupant.
Earlier today, the occupation forces detained six others from the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron.
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 the 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.
K.F.
