HEBRON, June 5, 2016 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces Sunday detained 18 Palestinians from across the Wet Bank districts, including Jerusalem, as well as blocked Bethlehem’s main checkpoint, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).

In the Hebron area, forces detained nine Palestinians after raiding and searching their homes. They were identified as Jawwad Shalaldeh, Mohammad Zaidat, 73, and his son Mousa, 50, in addition to Ali Zaidat, Mohaib al-Nejmi, Mo’ayyad Abu Sel, Abdallah al-Qasas, Abdel-Basit Ghaith, and ammar Sherbati, 26.

They further detained 60-year-old  Younis al-Kawazbeh, the father of Ahmad who was shot dead by Israeli forces’ fire in early January 2016, following a stabbing attack that led to the injury of an Israeli soldier.

In Bethlehem, forces detained Mohannad Abu ‘Aqer, 36, after raiding and searching his home in the Village of Nahalin to the west, in addition to Sulaiman al-Horoub.

Forces further blocked the Israeli military checkpoint of al-Container to the northeast of Bethlehem from both directions, thoroughly inspecting Palestinian registered vehicles and causing a traffic jam.

In Tubas, Israeli soldiers detained two youths identified as Saher Daraghmeh, and ex-detainee Ashraf Daraghmeh, after raiding and searching their families’ homes.

In Ramallah’s village of Dura al-Qare’, forces detained an ex-detainee identified as Awadallah Hassan, 19, after raiding and searching his home.

In Jerusalem, Israeli police detained local ‘Issa Derbas, an ex-detainee, in addition to two others from the town of Biddu, near Jerusalem. They were identified as  Iyad Khdour, Zohair Humaidan.

PPS noted that seven Palestinians have been detained by Israeli forces in the past two days.

T.R.