Israeli Forces Detain 40 Palestinians, Including Blind Man, in Occupied West Bank

Israeli army detained Izz al-Din Amarneh, a blind man and a former prisoner. (Photo: via WAFA)

The Israeli army detained around 40 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied territories on Sunday night, including a blind man, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), the Israeli army detained Izz al-Din Amarneh, a blind man and a former prisoner, after raiding and ransacking his home in the town of Yabad, near Jenin.

More Palestinians were arrested in the districts of Hebron (Al-Khalil) and Ramallah.

In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli occupation forces detained nine people from the neighborhood of Isawiyya, in overnight raids at their homes.

Arrests were made in other parts of the occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces on a regular basis storm Palestinian cities and villages in the occupied West Bank to arrest Palestinian popular activists.

Around 4.500 Palestinians are currently detained in Israeli prisons.

(The Palestine Chronicle, WAFA, Social Media)

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