NABLUS, May 13, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday evening abducted a Palestinian from the Askar refugee camp, east of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to security sources.
They said that special forces sneaked their way into a barbershop in the refugee camp and abducted a young man.
Meanwhile, the occupation forces raided the Umm Sharayet neighborhood in Al-Bireh City for the third day within less than 24 hours, triggering confrontations.
They also barged their way into the Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, for the second time within less than 24 hours, where they fired barrages of tear gas canisters at Palestinians’ houses and stores, but without resulting in any casualties.
In the predawn and morning hours of today, the occupying forces rounded up at least 16 Palestinians in multiple raids across the occupied West Bank.
In the Bethlehem governorate, the occupation forces rounded up a man and severely up another in al-Maniya Wilderness, inflicting bruises across his body.
In the Hebron governorate, the occupation forces detained six Palestinians and ransacked several houses in the Idhna town.
They also conducted a raid in the Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, resulting in the detention of three Palestinians, a former prisoner and two brothers, and the confiscation of a privately-owned vehicle.
In the city of al-Bireh, the sources confirmed a predawn raid in al-Amari refugee camp, resulting in the detention of two Palestinians.
The occupation forces barged their way into Beitunia City, west of Ramallah, rounded up another Palestinian and ransacked his family's house, turning it upside down.
In the Nablus governorate, a convoy of army vehicles stormed the Askar refugee camp, where the soldiers besieged a house as drones hovered above the refugee camp.
The raid into the camp resulted in the detention of three 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 10,100 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 400 child prisoners and 35 female prisoners.
This number includes approximately 3,577 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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