Israeli Forces Detain 22 Palestinians in West Bank

Rasa - Israeli forces detained at least 22 Palestinians during raids across the West Bank districts, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).

News ID: 426813

Date: 25 January 2017 - 18:28

RNA - It said Israeli forces detained six Palestinians from Nour Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm, six others from Ramallah area, five from Jerusalem district towns, three from Bethlehem, and two from Jenin, WAFA reported.

In a separate incident, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian boy from his family’s tent in an area adjacent to 'Aqraba, a town South of Nablus, and physically assaulted him, according to a local activist.

Head of the anti-settlement popular committee in 'Aqraba, Yousef Diriyeh told WAFA Israeli soldiers snuck into a residential tent belonging to Ghalab Mayadmeh and abducted his 17-year-old son Udai.

The father, Ghalab, said he notified the Israeli army about his son's disappearance, and after an hour of searching, it turned out that two soldiers abducted him, severally beat him up, and tore off his clothes.

Israeli forces have been conducting live-fire military drills in the mentioned area since early Tuesday.

Ghalab said such measures are aimed at emptying the area from its indigenous Palestinian population.

Israeli forces attempt to make life difficult for Palestinian locals in order to force them to leave, in an apparent prelude to take over the area.

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