JENIN, February 6, 2016 (WAFA) - Israeli forces detained overnight two Palestinians from Jenin and Jerusalem districts, said security sources.
Israeli forces raided Ya‘bad town, southwest of Jenin, where they proceeded to detain a Palestinian after breaking into and ransacking his family’s house.
The detainee was identified as Mu‘taz Qabaha.
Meanwhile, police detained a Palestinian young man after storming and ransacking his family’s house in the Silwan neighborhood of Ras al-‘Amud, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
The detainee was identified as Muhammad al-Za‘tari.
This came a day after at least ten Palestinians were shot and injured with live ammunition and dozens others suffered tear gas inhalation as Israeli forces quelled demonstrations across the West Bank.
Clashes erupted in the Ramallah refugee camp of al-Jalazun and towns and villages of Ni‘lin, Bil‘in, the Qalqilya village of Kafr Qaddum.
Clashes also reportedly broke out east of the Gaza city neighborhood of al-Shaja‘iya as well as near the Erez border crossing in the northern Gaza Strip and near al-Bureij camp, in the central district of the besieged coastal enclave.
Protestors raised Palestinian flags and pictures of Palestinian hunger striker Muhammad al-Qiq, demanding his immediate release.
Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a press release that a total of 96 Palestinians were shot and injured with live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets and suffocated during Friday clashes.
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