RAMALLAH, November 13, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli forces detained at least 13 Palestinians during overnight raids in the occupied West Bank districts of Hebron, Bethlehem and Jenin, local and Palestinian security sources said on Monday.

Security sources said Israeli forces detained three minors and two men from Hebron city, in addition to a 51-year-old man and another 21-year-old from the town of Yatta, south of Hebron. Another Yatta resident was detained at an army checkpoint.

In Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, a large army force raided the town and searched homes where it also detained a 19-year-old resident.

In Bethlehem district, Israeli forces detained two young Palestinians aged 20 and 18 years from the town of Tuquo, east of Bethlehem after raiding and searching their family homes. The force also raided home of the town’s mayor Hatem Sabah and left notices warning the residents of making their life like hell if stones are thrown at Israeli settlers’ cars passing by their town.

In nearby Walajeh, east of Bethlehem, forces detained a 17-year-old minor after raiding and searching his family home.

Forces also detained a former prisoner after raiding his home in the town or Arrabeh, west of Jenin.

In the meantime, the Israeli military court at Ofer camp and prison, near Ramallah, sentenced the two brothers, Nasr (35) and Akram Badawi (25), both from Hebron, to life in prison and a fine of 60,000 shekels ($17,000) after it found them guilty of shooting and injuring four Israeli soldiers between the period of November 2015 and January 2016, according to their father, Faisal Badawi.

M.N./M.K.