JENIN, Friday, February 22, 2019 (WAFA) – Israeli forces early Friday detained at least a Palestinian and ransacked a number of houses during multiple raids across the West Bank districts of Jenin and Hebron.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli military vehicles raided Jenin refugee camp, where soldiers detained a Palestinian after storming his family’s house and ransacked the houses of the families of two Palestinian brothers in incarcerated in Israeli jails.

Soldiers wrecked havoc inside several houses and destroyed a Palestinian vehicle during a raid that triggered confrontations in Jenin city.

Meanwhile, security sources confirmed that Israeli forces ransacked several Palestinian houses in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

One of the homeowners was identified as Mu‘tasem Natsha. Natsha’a wife suffered a heart attack when Israeli soldiers stormed her family’s house in the city. She was rushed to a hospital for treatment.  

A similar military raid was carried out in Dura town, east of the city, where soldiers stormed the family house of former Palestinian prisoners.

Bassam Hamad Zeir, 55, and his son, Hamad, both former prisoners, told WAFA correspondent that soldiers broke into their houses after destroying the main doors.

Zeir added that soldiers dragged all the family members outside in the cold then searched the houses, turning them upside down and causing considerable damage to furniture.

The soldiers did not provide any reason for the raid, Zeit confirmed.

Israeli forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

K.F.