JENIN, February 23, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces on Monday evening detained five youths from Ya'bad town, south of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, according to local sources.

They said that the occupying forces rounded up five young men after ransacking their houses in the town.

In the course of the raid that lasted for six hours, the occupation forces briefly held and interrogated a large number of inhabitants in a wedding hall.

Earlier, the occupation forces conducted multiple raids across the West Bank, rounding up at least eight Palestinians.

Three of the eight detainees were identified as residents of Tuqu‘ town, southeast of Bethlehem, two were identified as villagers of Deir Abu Mashaal, northwest of Ramallah, one as an inhabitant of Yaabad town, south of Jenin, one as an inhabitant of Hebron city, and one as an inhabitant of the al-Fawwar 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 9,300 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 350 child prisoners and 56 female prisoners.

This number includes approximately 3,358 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.

K.F.