JERICHO, April 9, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces Wednesday assaulted and detained three Palestinians from Fasayel village, north of the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, according to the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
PPS official, Eid Barahmeh, said that the occupying forces broke into several houses in the village, and beat up three villagers, all identified as members of the Taamreh family, before rounding them up.
Meanwhile, the occupying forces deliberately rammed their jeeps into Palestinian-registered vehicles parked on the side of the main road in the al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah, and slashed their tires.
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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