Zionist Troops Arrest Palestinians, Including Children
WEST BANK (Dispatches) – Zionist regime forces have arrested at least twenty Palestinians, including children, during raids in the West Bank and Al-Quds, as the occupying regime continues its wide-scale arrest campaign in several areas across the occupied territories.
Palestine’s official Wafa news agency, citing local sources, reported that Zionist troops arrested three children -- identified as Musa, Fo’ad and Omar Jibril-- after raiding their family home in the Silwan neighborhood of Al-Quds on Sunday.
Zionist troops detained at least three other Palestinians in the occupied East Al-Quds neighborhood of al-Tur, while another six were arrested after the regime’s troops stormed their houses in the occupied Old City of Al-Quds.
Six other Palestinians were also arrested after the occupying regime forces attacked their house in the West Bank village of Husan, west of Bethlehem.
The troops also arrested a Palestinian from the village of Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem, during the regime’s latest violence against Palestinian worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Al-Quds.
In the West Bank city of Qalqilya, Zionist troops also arrested at least one Palestinian during a raid on the town of Azzun.
Over the past months, the occupying regime 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.
Most of the raids have focused on Nablus and Jenin, where Zionist troops have been trying to stifle a growing Palestinian resistance against occupation.
Local and international rights groups have condemned the regime’s excessive use of force and “shoot-to-kill policy” against Palestinians.
Since the start of the holy month of Ramadan, the occupying regime has imposed strict restrictions on the entry and exit of Palestinians to and from the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
On April 4, heavily armed Zionist troops stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound before firing tear gas and stun grenades into the Qibli prayer hall, where hundreds of men, women, elderly people, and children were staying overnight to pray. Some eyewitnesses said rubber-coated steel bullets were also fired.
Zionist troops have wounded and rounded up hundreds of Palestinians during the attacks that have seen a rise since the beginning of the fasting month of Ramadan. Illegal Israeli settlers have, meanwhile, been freely violating the compound under the Israeli military and police force’s protection.