Israeli Forces Detain 11 Palestinians in West Bank, East Jerusalem Raids

Rasa - Israeli forces detained at least 11 Palestinians during military raids between Sunday and dawn on Monday morning, local sources said.

News ID: 428809

Date: 10 April 2017 - 22:52

RNA - Local sources in Hebron in the Southern occupied West Bank said Israeli forces detained two young Palestinian men during raids in the city, when soldiers also confiscated equipment from a blacksmith workshop, Ma'an reported.

Israeli troops stormed the workshop, located in the Aqbat Taffuh neighborhood in the West side of Hebron, and confiscated its equipment before sealing it off.

Israeli soldiers detained the workshop owner's son Raafat Mahir Sharabati, and also detained Musab Abu Turky after raiding his house in Hebron.

Meanwhile, locals in southern Hebron told Ma'an that Israeli forces ransacked several homes, damaging furniture, during searches in the area. Israeli forces also raided Shufat refugee camp in the occupied East Jerusalem and detained a Palestinian when police found a gun in his home.

All five have appeared before an Israeli military court.

In the central Ramallah district, one Palestinian was detained in the village of Nilin, and one was detained in Qalandiya refugee camp. Another Palestinian was detained in the village of Sanur in the northernmost district of Jenin.

Palestinian prisoners’ rights organizations said in a joint report on Sunday that Israeli forces detained 509 Palestinians across the occupied Palestinian territory during the month of March, including 75 male teenagers, 11 women, two teenage girls, five journalists, and one Palestinian lawmaker.

Some 160 Palestinians were detained in occupied East Jerusalem, while 338 were detained in the occupied West Bank, and 11 were detained from the besieged Gaza Strip, Sunday’s report stated.

The report added that 111 of these prisoners were being held under administrative detention -- Israel’s infamous policy of internment without trial or charges.

The report came days after the Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies estimated that Israeli authorities had detained some 1,360 Palestinians in the first three months of 2017.

According to Addameer, 6,500 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons as of January, including 53 women, 300 minors, and 536 held in administrative detention. The group has estimated that 40 percent of Palestinian men have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.

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