HEBRON, August 12, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday detained three young men from Beit Ummar, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, according to a media activist.
Mohammad Awad reported that the occupation forces rounded up three young men, aged 37, 19, and 18, while the latter were tending to their farmlands in the Khallet al-Kataleh, close to the Karmei Tzur colony, south of the town.
Earlier today, the occupation forces detained at least seven Palestinians in multiple raids across the occupied West Bank.
One of the seven detainees was identified as a resident of al-Yamun town, west of Jenin, and another as a villager of Silat al-Harithiya, northwest of the city. Another detainee was identified as a former prisoner from Silat ad-Dhahr, southwest of Jenin.
The four others were identified as Mohammad Awad, a journalist, from Beitunia city, west of Ramallah, two residents of al-Bireh city, and a resident of Shweikeh neighborhood, north of Tulkarm.
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 with no 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 9,300 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 350 child prisoners and 56 female prisoners.
This number includes 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.
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