WEST BANK (Dispatches) – Zionist troops have detained more than a dozen Palestinians during large-scale raids in several areas of the West Bank, as the occupying regime presses ahead with its extensive arrest campaign throughout the occupied territories.
Palestine’s official Wafa news agency, citing local sources, reported on Wednesday that Zionist troops rounded up three Palestinians after they carried out a raid on the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp in the eastern West Bank city of Ariha.
The sources added that there were two siblings among those arrested, noting that they were detained after the troops broke into and ransacked their homes.
The local sources noted that a young Palestinian man sustained a gunshot wound in the leg after regime troops opened fire during the confrontations that broke out after the raid.
Three people, including two former prisoners, were also arrested in the city of Tulkarm.
Zionist troops detained one former prisoner in the city of Al-Khalil, and another two in Al-Quds.
Israeli forces also raided the central West Bank city of Ramallah, where they arrested a Palestinian.
In the city of Nablus, located approximately 49 kilometers (30 miles) north of Al-Quds, they arrested two Palestinians.
Zionist troops launch raids on various cities of the West Bank almost on a daily basis under the pretext of detaining what it calls “wanted” Palestinians. The raids usually lead to violent confrontations with residents.
Over the past months, the 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.
Thousands of Palestinians are held in Israeli jails. Hundreds have been imprisoned under the practice of administrative detention, which allows incarcerating Palestinian inmates without trial or charge.
Some Palestinian prisoners have been held in administrative detention for up to eleven years.