More Palestinians Detained by Israel Forces in West Bank

Rasa - Israeli forces on Wednesday detained 16 Palestinians during multiple predawn raids across the West Bank, according to the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS).

News ID: 436013

Date: 26 January 2018 - 20:31

RNA - Israeli forces detained three Palestinians, including a man and his wife, after storming their homes in the old city of Hebron. Two other Palestinians were also detained during separate raids into al-Arroub refugee camp and Beit Ummar town, North of Hebron, in the Southern West Bank, WAFA reported.

In Bethlehem district, Israeli troops detained a Palestinian after ransacking his home during a raid that triggered clashes in Dheisheh refugee camp, South of Bethlehem, while another one was detained from Bethlehem district.

Meanwhile, Israeli units raided al-Eizariya town, East of Jerusalem, and detained five Palestinians, including a father and his son.

In the central West Bank, Israeli forces rounded up a Palestinian after breaking into his family home in Kufr Malik town, Northeast of Ramallah. Forces conducted a similar raid into Nilin town, West of Ramallah, detaining another.

In the Northern West Bank, Israeli troops detained a Palestinian after breaking and wreaking havoc on his family home during a raid into Salfit-district town of Deir Istiya.

Another Palestinian was detained from the Jenin city neighborhood of Wad Burqin.

Residents announced that Israeli soldiers leading tracking dogs surrounded Wad Burqin and al-Hadaf neighborhoods before violently storming several homes, searching property and interrogating the households.

US President Donald Trump announced early December 2017 that Washington would be recognizing Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s capital, stressing that the United States would relocate the embassy in the occupied lands from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds.

The move was hailed by Israel but condemned by the rest of the international community as one which undermines the peace talks.

Washington’s al-Quds move has raised a chorus of outcry across the international community. The Muslim world, the UN, world leaders from Europe to the Middle East to Australia, and even US allies in the West have criticized the bid, saying it would plunge the already tumultuous region into new upheaval.

Heavy clashes also broke out between Israeli troops and Palestinian protesters after Washington's decision in Jerusalem al-Qud's Old City, Hebron (al-Khalil), Bethlehem and Nablus in the West Bank as well as the besieged Gaza Strip.

According to reports, 22 Palestinians were also killed in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and more than 800 Palestinians were detained by the Israeli forces since Washington’s move to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as the capital of Israel.

Also, thousands of Palestinians have been wounded by Israeli army's fire during demonstrations against the US President decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

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