Israeli forces today detained 22 Palestinians and seized cash in multiple raids across the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) in a press release.
PPS confirmed that eight Palestinians were detained from Jerusalem district, including two brothers from al-Issawiya neighborhood and another from Abu Dis town, east of Jerusalem.
Israeli police also rounded up preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound Ismail Nawahda after summoning him for interrogation.
Israeli occupation forces arrest Taha Shawhna, 71-year-old, while he was near Al Aqsa Mosque pic.twitter.com/Sd2SMRJzCG
— Aya Isleem ?? #Gaza (@AyaIsleemEn) October 15, 2019
Meanwhile, PPS said that Israeli forces conducted several raids across Ramallah and al-Bireh district, resulting in the detention of four Palestinians.
One of the four was identified as a resident of Deir Abu Mashaal village, northwest of Ramallah.
In Hebron district, Israeli military vehicles raided Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron (Al-Khalil), where soldiers detained two Palestinians.
Over the three summer months (June to August), the police arrested around 350 residents of the neighbourhood, including children. Most detainees were released after posting bail, and in some cases, placed “under house arrest for several days”. https://t.co/vUG2dly89s
— Samidoun (@SamidounPP) October 11, 2019
PPS confirmed a similar military raid in Dura town, south of Hebron, resulting in the detention of three others.
In the meantime, three Palestinians were rounded up from the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
Another Palestinian, identified as a resident of Qalqilia city, was detained after being stopped at a checkpoint at the eastern entrance of the city.
Watch | Israeli occupation soldier admits that they storm villages in #Jerusalem to lure people to create problems and then arrest them.#IsraeliCrimes#BDS @Palgroup3 pic.twitter.com/89AqwH93ER
— Pal_group (@Palgroup3) October 16, 2019
This came as Israeli forces ransacked a house in Balaa town, east of Tulkarem city, turning it upside down and seizing ILS 10,000 ($2,800) in cash.
Israeli forces carry out frequent raids across the West Bank –including occupied East Jerusalem– on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
(WAFA, PC, Social Media)
