TULKARM, May 14, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday detained a Palestinian youth from the town of Qiffin, north of the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, according to local sources.
They said that the gun-toting soldiers manning the ‘Anabta/'Einav checkpoint at the eastern entrance of the Anabta town, east of Tulkarm City, stopped and rounded up a young man.
In the predawn and morning hours today, the occupation forces detained 12 Palestinians in multiple raids across the occupied West Bank.
In the Hebron governorate, Israeli troops rounded up a Palestinian instead of protecting him from violence committed by Israeli colonists after the latter chopped down his olive trees in Susiya village, east of Yatta.
The occupation troops rounded up four others, including two brothers, and ransacked their houses in Southern Hebron City.
They also rounded up two brothers at the entrance of the Bani Na'im town, east of Hebron City, at a time when soldiers ransacked several houses in As-Samu' town and interrogated their occupants.
Meanwhile, the sources confirmed a raid in Nablus City, resulting in the detention of a Palestinian.
In the Jenin governorate, the occupation forces barged their way into Meithalun, muscled inside several houses, conducted thorough searches, and rounded up two youths.
They conducted a similar raid in the Anza village, resulting in the detention of two others.
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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