RAMALALH, Sunday, December 23, 2018 (WAFA) – Israeli forces briefly detained and assaulted Palestinian minister of agricultural, Sufian Sultan, as he was heading to Hebron from Ramallah.

The ministry of agricultural said in a statement Israeli forces stopped the minister’s car and forced him out of it at gunpoint while deliberately assaulting him, before proceeding to thoroughly search his vehicle. Forces also seized the car’s alarm system.

The ministry condemned this Israeli act against the minister, noting that such measure violates the international humanitarian law and comes in the context of Israel’s escalated attacks against the Palestinian people.

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