13 Palestinians Detained across West Bank in Israeli Army Raids

Rasa - Israeli forces launched raids across the occupied West Bank Monday, detaining at least 13 Palestinians without providing any court order for their arrests.

News ID: 426752

Date: 23 January 2017 - 15:12

RNA - The Israeli army forces also installed road blocks in the Southern occupied West Bank for unknown reasons, Ma'an reported.

In the Northern occupied West Bank, Israeli forces detained two Palestinians from the Balata refugee camp East of Nablus, three Palestinians from Askar refugee camp in Nablus, one from Askar al-Balad village in Nablus, and one from the town of Azzun East of Qalqiliya.

In the southern occupied West Bank, two Palestinians from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem were detained, one was detained from the village of Beit Fajjar south of Bethlehem, one from the town of Surif east of Hebron, and two from al-Arrub refugee camp.

Local media reports said 13 Palestinians were detained over alleged involvement in rock-throwing and "riots."

Israeli forces carry out detention raids across the occupied Palestinian territory on a near-nightly basis, with the UN recording an average of 95 weekly raids in the West Bank in 2016.

According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, 7,000 Palestinians, 720 of them held under administration detention without charge or trial, were detained in Israeli prisons as of October 2016.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces blocked off a main commuter entrance point leading to a number of villages West of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank at around midnight Sunday evening for unknown reasons, a Palestinian security source said.

The source said that Israeli forces closed of the main road in both directions in the Aqbat Hasna area that leads to the villages of Husan, Battir, Nahalin, and Wadi Fukin.

Israeli forces have escalated security measures in the area recently by continuously imposing closures.

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