Israeli Forces Detain 10 Palestinians from West Bank

Rasa - Israeli forces Thursday detained 10 Palestinians in multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, said Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and security sources.

News ID: 433423

Date: 26 October 2017 - 18:39

RNA - Israeli forces detained a Palestinian after storming and ransacking his family home in Qabatiya town, South of Jenin in the northern West Bank, WAFA reported.

Two others from the same town were detained after being stopped by Israeli forces at a Nablus-area checkpoint and another checkpoint near Bizzariya village, Northwest of Nablus.

Forces detained another Palestinian during a similar raid into Faqqu'a village, north of Jenin city.

Elsewhere in the northern West Bank, forces detained two Palestinians from Tulkarem district.

Two others were detained during subsequent overnight raids into Jericho district in the Jordan Valley.

In the Southern West Bank, forces raided Yatta town, South of Hebron, thoroughly searching several homes and detaining a Palestinian.

This came after Israel detained on Wednesday at Beit Hanoun border crossing with Israel in the northern Gaza Strip a 27-year-old Palestinian from al-Qarara, North of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, as he attempted to cross the border on his way for medical treatment in Jordan.

Meanwhile, the Israeli authorities issued administrative detention orders against 15 Palestinians from the West Bank - all except two had their orders renewed, ranging in time between two to six months, according to attorney Asharf Abu Sneineh from the Prisoners’ Affairs Commission.

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