Israeli forces detain 21 Palestinians, including journalist, in West Bank
Israeli forces detained 21 Palestinians, including a journalist, during raids in the occupied West Bank on the morning of September 3. This was reported by Anadolu Agency, citing the nongovernmental Prisoners Media Office.
Detentions in four provinces
According to the organization, seven people were detained in Bethlehem province, nine in Nablus, four in Salfit, and another journalist in Hebron province.
In Bethlehem province, Israeli forces carried out raids in the town of Al-Duha, the Dheisheh refugee camp and the Al-Fawaghra area, where they detained four Palestinians. In the town of Beit Fajjar in the south of the province, the organization reported, a father and his two sons were detained after their home was searched.
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Raids in Nablus and Salfit
In Nablus province, according to the Prisoners Media Office, two people were detained in the village of Asira al-Qibliya and another in the Askar refugee camp. Three Palestinians were detained in the town of Awarta, two in Bazariya, and another person on Oman Street in the city of Nablus.
In the town of Sebastia, Israeli forces detained the mother and sister of a Palestinian prisoner, but later released them after questioning them on site. In Qarawat Bani Hassan in Salfit province, four Palestinians were detained and a car belonging to one of them was seized. The journalist was detained in Idna, west of Hebron.
The Prisoners Media Office described these actions as a continuation of a policy of ill-treatment and arbitrary detentions and called on human rights and international organizations to intervene.
