Hebron: Israeli forces today detained at least 21 Palestinians, including a minor, during military raids into multiple West Bank areas.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, Israeli forces detained 15 Palestinians from Hebron after raiding and searching their homes, ransacking their contents, and physically assaulting the residents.
The forces also set up several military checkpoints at the entrances to Hebron and its towns, villages, and refugee camps. Roads were closed with iron gates, cement blocks, and earth mounds. In the Nablus area, forces detained three local residents at dawn from the villages of Burqa, northwest of Nablus, and Salem, to the east of the city.
According to security sources, the forces raided homes, conducted field interrogations, and assaulted one resident before detaining him in Burqa. Later, two others were detained in Salem. Forces also stormed a mosque and several homes in the Al-Ma'ajin neighborhood of Nablus.
In the Ramallah area, Israeli forces detained a 60-year-old resident from the Umm Al-Sharayet neighborhood in the city of Al-Bireh after raiding and searching his home. Earlier at dawn, two young men were detained in the city of Tubas following similar raids on their homes.
In another incident, Israeli forces detained a 15-year-old boy at dawn from the town of Kafr Ra'i, south of Jenin, after raiding and searching his family's home. This information was reported by the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS).