GAZA, Wednesday, September 18, 2019 (WAFA) – Israeli forces detained today a Palestinian businessman from Gaza while travelling through the Beit Hanoun/Erez crossing with Israel, according to local sources.

They said Israel detained Yousef Jawad Hassan, who was on his way from Gaza to the West Bank going through Erez crossing, after he was interrogated by Israeli security.

Hassan is the second Palestinian detained at Erez crossing in one week and the fifth since the beginning of the year, said Abdul Nasser Farawneh, who heads the studies and research department in the Palestinian Authority’s Prisoners Commission.

He said Israel has turned requests by Gazans to get a permit to cross Erez to the West Bank into a trap to detain them after they are asked to be interviewed by the secret service at the crossing if their application for a permit is to be reviewed.

M.K.