HEBRON, May 22, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces on Friday detained three Palestinians from the southern occupied West Bank governorate of Hebron, according to security sources.
They said that the occupying forces rounded up two Palestinians and ransacked their houses in the city of Hebron.
The gun-toting soldiers showed up at a house in Beit Ula town, west of Hebron, broke inside, conducted a thorough search and detained an occupant.
Meanwhile, a convoy of army vehicles stormed Dura city, where the heavily armed soldiers broke into a residential building and searched several apartments, causing significant property damage.
In the Ramallah governorate, the occupying forces sealed off the entrances of al-Mughayyir village, denying villagers access into and out of the village and firing concussion bombs at stranded vehicles.
They broke into several houses, assaulting occupants and wreaking havoc inside.
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 9,400 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 360 child prisoners and 87 female prisoners.
This number includes approximately 3,376 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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