Israeli Army Detains 14 Palestinians in West Bank, Man in Jerusalem

Rasa - At least 15 Palestinians Wednesday were detained by Israeli forces from across the West Bank districts, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).

News ID: 430497

Date: 21 June 2017 - 23:43

RNA - PPS said Israeli forces detained five Palestinians, including a mother of a Palestinian  who was killed by Israeli forces, in Ramallah’s towns of Beir Abu Mesh’al and Silwad, WAFA reported.

Three other Palestinians were detained in the Bethlehem area, in addition to two more aged 19 and 20 in Hebron.

Forces also detained two Palestinians in Salfit, a youth in Nablus, and a 46-year-old man in Tulkarem.

Meanwhile, a Palestinian man was detained in the Jerusalem area.

Israeli raids in Palestinian towns, villages, and refugee camps are a daily occurrence in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

According to prisoners rights group Addameer, 6,200 Palestinians were detained by Israel as of May, 490 of whom were held in administrative detention.

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