TUBAS: Israeli forces on Saturday detained seven Palestinians, including two children, during military raids across the governorates of Nablus, Tubas and Bethlehem, while also storming several towns and villages.
In the Tubas governorate, Israeli forces detained a 16-year-old child after raiding and searching his family’s home in the town of Tammun, southeast of Tubas.
In the Nablus governorate, Israeli forces detained four Palestinians during predawn raids on the villages of Orif, Einabus and Burqa, where they stormed and searched several homes.
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In the Tubas governorate, Israeli forces detained a 16-year-old child after raiding and searching his family’s home in the town of Tammun, southeast of Tubas.
In the Bethlehem governorate, Israeli forces detained a child during a raid on the village of Wadi Fukin, west of Bethlehem, and another Palestinian at the Container military checkpoint, northeast of the city.
Israeli forces raided the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, along with several areas in the eastern part of the governorate.
Israeli forces during the early hours of Saturday raided dozens of homes in the town of ’Asira ash Shamaliya, north of Nablus, according to security sources.
Sources said that Israeli forces stormed dozens of homes across the town and rounded up scores of residents inside one of the houses, which they turned into a field interrogation center.
Israeli settlers on Saturday assaulted a Palestinian man and his wife in the village of Beitillu, northwest of Ramallah, according to local sources.
Sources said that a group of settlers attacked the Al-Zarqa area of the village and assaulted the couple while they were at their farm, causing them injuries and bruises.
They were later transferred to a hospital for treatment.
Israeli forces on Friday night shot and injured a Palestinian minor in the Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem.
The forces barged their way into the town and opened barrages of live ammunition, hitting a 15-year-old minor in the foot.
The forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.
These raids are conducted without a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses, in keeping with its sweeping, arbitrary powers.
Under Israeli military law, army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over three million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.
