RAMALLAH, May 30, 2018 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Wednesday conducted multiple overnight raids across the West Bank and East Jerusalem detaining a total of 17 Palestinians, most of them from East Jerusalem, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).

Israeli police raided and extensively and violently searched homes in Issawiya and al-Tur neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem and detained 10 Palestinians.

In the West  Bank, Israeli forces detained two Palestinians, including a 16-year-old minor, during a raid that triggered clashes in Bilin village, west of Ramallah.

Abdullah Abu Rahma, a local anti-wall and settlement activist, said that soldiers opened fire towards youths who protested the raid and attempted to block the army’s passage. No injuries were reported though.

In a subsequent raid into Nilin village, west of Ramallah, soldiers reportedly stormed at least one home, brutally assaulting the family and seizing the sum of $500.

The raid triggered clashes, during which soldiers injured a protestor with a rubber-coated steel bullet.

In the meantime, forces detained two Palestinians after storming their homes In Nablus district.

In the southern West Bank, dozens of soldiers conducted a raid into Yatta town, south of Hebron, where they detained three Palestinians, assaulted another and searched many homes.

Soldiers also conducted extensive raids in Hebron city, ransacking many homes amid firing of flares and bombs.

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