JENIN, March 25, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces Tuesday evening detained two Palestinians from the occupied West Bank governorates of Jenin and Jericho, according to local sources.
They said that the occupying forces rounded up a young man from the village of Jalbun, east of Jenin, noting that the village has become the target of frequent raids that see the soldiers breaking into civilians’ houses and turning them into military barracks.
Meanwhile, the occupation troops barged their way into the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, south of Jericho, and detained a General Intelligence officer.
Earlier this evening, the soldiers rounded up three Palestinians, a father along with his wife and son, from Deir Ghazaleh village, northeast of Jenin.
During the period from Monday evening to Tuesday morning, the occupation forces conducted multiple raids across the occupied West Bank, resulting in the detention of at least 25 Palestinians.
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 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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