NABLUS, March 17, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces Monday detained 12 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank, according to security and local sources.
They said that special occupation forces sneaked their way Monday evening to al-Masakin ash-Sha‘biya neighborhood of the city of Nablus, where they abducted two brothers.
Earlier today, the occupation soldiers manning al-Hamra checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley stopped and detained a 17-year-old teenager from the al-Far’a refugee camp, south of Tubas.
In the predawn hours of Monday, the occupying forces rounded up nine Palestinians in multiple raids across the occupied West Bank.
In the Tulkarm governorate, the occupying forces barged their way into Qiffin town and detained three civilians after ransacking the houses of their families.
In Bethlehem City, the sources confirmed a raid in the As-Saff and al-Karkafeh neighborhoods, resulting in the detention of three civilians.
In the Ramallah governorate, the gun-toting soldiers showed up at two houses in the Jalazone refugee camp, muscled inside, conducted a thorough search, and rounded up two minors, both aged 15.
They also stormed al-Mazra‘a al-Gharbiya town, northwest of Ramallah, rounded up a civilian, and seized his vehicle.
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 9,500 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 350 child prisoners and 21 female prisoners.
This number includes approximately 3,405 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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