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Israeli forces arrest 20 Palestinians during raids in West Bank, al-Quds

Thursday, 12 January 2023 10:34 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 12 January 2023 11:21 AM ]

An Israeli soldier uses a weapon amid clashes with Palestinian protesters, in al-Khalil (Hebron), in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on April 1, 2022. (File photo by Reuters)

Israeli forces have detained 20 Palestinians during large-scale raids in several areas in the West Bank and al-Quds, as the Tel Aviv regime continues its extensive arrest campaign across the occupied territories.

Palestine’s official Wafa news agency, citing local sources, reported on Thursday that Israeli troops rounded up 15 Palestinians, including five former prisoners, after storming Qalandiya refugee camp, north of al-Quds, and ransacked the houses of the families of those arrested.

Two brothers were also detained in Dheisheh refugee camp, located just south of Bethlehem, after Israeli military vehicles attacked there.

Israeli forces also raided al-Dawha area, southwest of Bethlehem, where they arrested another Palestinian.

In the village of al-Baqa'a, east of the West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron), Israeli troops arrested a 17-year-old girl. According to sources, the girl was brutally assaulted by Israeli troops as a bulldozer demolished two houses belonging to her family a day earlier.

Heavily armed Israeli forces also raided the West Bank city of Qalqilya, where they detained another Palestinian after conducting a thorough search at a house.

The latest development comes as Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian man in Qalandiya refugee camp, north of al-Quds.

Israeli forces kill Palestinian man trying to protect his son near al-Quds

Israeli brutalities against Palestinians show no sign of abating as the regime’s forces killed three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in two days.

Israeli forces launch raids on various cities of the West Bank almost on a daily basis under the pretext of detaining what it calls “wanted” Palestinians. The raids usually lead to violent confrontations with residents.

Over the past months, Israel has ramped up attacks on Palestinian towns and cities throughout the occupied territories. As a result of these attacks, dozens of Palestinians have lost their lives and many others have been arrested.

Thousands of Palestinians are held in Israeli jails. Hundreds have been imprisoned under the practice of administrative detention, which allows incarcerating Palestinian inmates without trial or charge.

Israeli forces arrest 13 Palestinians during raids in West Bank, al-Quds

Israeli forces round up 13 Palestinians during large-scale raids in the occupied cities of West Bank and al-Quds.

Some Palestinian prisoners have been held in administrative detention for up to eleven years.

The Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, which advocates the rights of Palestinian inmates, said in a 2017 report that over the past 50 years, more than 800,000 Palestinians have been imprisoned or detained by Israel.

This figure is now believed to be closer to 1 million, meaning that about 40% of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation have been deprived of their freedom.

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