BETHLEHEM, April 23, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces Wednesday evening abducted two Palestinians from the Dheisheh refugee camp, south of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to WAFA correspondent.
He said that Israeli special forces, known as Mista'arvim, and army units sneaked their way into the refugee camp, and deployed at the main entrance and outside its perimeter.
During ensuing confrontations, the gun-toting soldiers fired live ammunition as well as concussion and tear gas bombs.
He added that the soldiers rounded up two young men from the refugee camp.
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 9,900 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 400 child prisoners, 27 female prisoners, and five members of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
This number includes approximately 3,498 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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