Three minors, woman among 36 Palestinians detained by Israeli troops — all in one day
…and the day hasn’t ended yet!
RAMALLAH, Feb 24, 2020 (WAFA) — Israeli forces today detained 36 Palestinians, including three minors and a woman, in multiple raids across occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner Society (PPS).
It said Israeli police force rounded up 15 Palestinians from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiyeh.
In Ramallah district, PPS said Israeli military raided the village of Bittin, northeast of Ramallah city, and detained three minors, all aged 15.
In Hebron district, Israeli forces raided detained five Palestinians, including a young woman from Yatta town identified as Wafa Abu Zahra, who was later released on condition she has to appear in court in April.
Three others detained in the Hebron district were identified as a father and his two sons from Deir Samet town, west of Hebron. The fifth is a resident of Hebron city neighborhood of Jabal Abu Rumman.
In Bethlehem, also in the south of the West Bank, Israeli military raided a home of a former prisoner and detained him.
They rounded up another Palestinian after ransacking the house of his family in Hindaza village, east of Bethlehem.
In the Jordan Valley, Israeli troops raided Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, southwest of Jericho, where they broke into and ransacked the house of Jericho and the Jordan Valley governor, Jihad Abu al-Asal, and detained his son, Nael, who is also secretary-general of Fatah movement in Jericho.
PPS said another army raid in al-Jiftlik village, north of Jericho city, has resulted in the detention of two Palestinians.
Two others were detained from Qalqiliya district in the northern West Bank.
Soldiers rounded up two brothers after ransacking the house of their family in al-Faraa refugee camp, south of Tubas.
In Jenin district, soldiers detained three Palestinians from Qabatia and Kafr Rai towns, southwest of Jenin.
In Nablus district, PPS said a predawn military raid in al-Lubban al-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus, resulted in the detention of a Palestinian identified as an undergraduate student in Birzeit University.
