Israeli Forces Detain 14 Palestinians in West Bank

Rasa - Israeli forces detained at least 14 Palestinians during raids across the occupied West Bank districts, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said on Wednesday.

News ID: 426636

Date: 18 January 2017 - 20:40

RNA - PPS said soldiers detained four Palestinians in Hebron area, three from Bethlehem, two Each in Tulkarm and Nablus districts, and one each in Tubas, Jenin, and Ramallah districts, WAFA reported.

Meanwhile, earlier reports said at least two more Palestinians were killed and several others injured as tensions between Israeli military forces and illegal settlers on the one side and Palestinian protesters on the other continue in the occupied territories.

According to Al-Aqsa TV network, Israeli soldiers raided the Palestinian village of Umm al-Hayran in the Negev desert early on Wednesday to demolish a number of Palestinian houses there, prompting fierce scuffles with local residents,.

Israeli troops fired tear gas canisters, stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. Two villagers were fatally shot, and four others sustained gunshot wounds.

Ayman Odeh, a Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset that currently serves as the head of the Arab-dominated political alliance Joint List, was shot in the head and injured during the melee.

Odeh was taken to Suruka hospital in the Southern Israeli city of Beersheva to receive medical treatment.

Palestinian sources later identified one of the fatalities as Yaqoub Moussa Abu al-Qayaan. They said Qayaan was shot dead as he sought to prevent Israeli military forces from entering Umm al-Hayran.

The development came only a few hours after Israeli forces carried out an attack on the Qalandiya refugee camp North of Jerusalem.

Reports say the Israeli soldiers used tear gas and live bullets as clashes broke out between residents and the troops inside the camp.

Witnesses said Israeli forces prevented local medical staff from taking the injured to a nearby hospital. The troops also demolished two Palestinian homes near the place.

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