30 Palestinians, including ex-detainees, detained in West Bank
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Israeli occupation forces detained 30 Palestinians, including former detainees, during raids in various areas of the occupied West Bank.
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Israeli soldiers are arresting Palestinians and checking an elderly Palestinian during an incursion in the Tulkarm refugee camp, West Bank, on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP)
Israeli occupation forces arrested 30 Palestinians, including former detainees, during raids carried out in various areas of the occupied West Bank, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, in collaboration with the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), announced.
In a joint statement, the two organizations revealed that the Israeli army conducted a large-scale arrest campaign in the town of Azoun, east of Qalqilya in northern West Bank, detaining over 100 Palestinians, who were later released.
IOF also carried out extensive raids and arrests in several cities and villages across the West Bank and occupied al-Quds, with a special focus on the Jenin Governorate.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that Israeli occupation forces stormed Arraba, near Jenin, and detained a number of youths, including the brother of prisoner Mahmoud al-Arida.
The campaign resulted in the arrest of several citizens, including Ahmed Zayt, the brother of martyr Noor Zayt, during a raid on the Shweika neighborhood in Tulkarm.
Other detainees included Abdelrahman Ouda from the Denaba neighborhood and Maham Adattar from Tulkarm.
In Nablus, the occupation forces arrested Yassin Ameira, along with Abdel Nasser Zoukan from the Balata Refugee Camp, as well as young men Mohammad Majed Abu Asbah and Mohammad Fadi Abu Asbah from the town of Halhul in al-Khalil, and Adam Azmi Jabarin from Sa'ir.
Raids also took place in Beitunia, Ramallah, where Ahmed al-Khatib was arrested, and in Kafr Aqab, al-Quds, where Majdi Qahoush was detained.
IOF conduct house-to-house raids in WB, violate, detain Palestinians
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a large-scale raid in the Palestinian town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, on Tuesday, marking another escalation in the occupied territory, witnesses reported.
Israeli forces stormed and searched multiple homes and subjected around 200 Palestinians to field interrogations before releasing them. However, several other individuals were detained.
Activists shared footage and images on social media showing Palestinian civilians stripped to their underclothes during their arrests.
Azzun has been repeatedly targeted by Israeli raids due to its location along a main road frequently used by illegal Israeli settlers traveling between Qalqilya and Ramallah.
The incursion comes as the Israeli military continues its deadly offensive in the northern West Bank, which began on January 21, resulting in at least 65 Palestinian deaths and the forced displacement of thousands.
Israeli forces arrest 762 Palestinians in February, including 90 kids
Since the outset of the Israeli war on the West Bank, the IOF arrested 762 Palestinians, including 90 children and 19 women, from various areas in the occupied West Bank during the month of February. The largest number of arrests occurred in Jenin and its refugee camp, as part of a military operation that has been ongoing for over a month.
This was stated in a joint report issued by the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society, and the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association.
According to the report, "The occupation army continued its arrest campaigns in the West Bank, reaching a total of 762 Palestinians in February, with the highest number recorded in Jenin and its refugee camp."
The report also confirmed that among those detained, "90 children and 19 women were documented," noting "a rise in field interrogations, which targeted hundreds of Palestinians over the past month." The report further noted that since the start of the Israeli offensive in the northern West Bank on January 21, "the army has arrested 300 Palestinians from Jenin and its refugee camp, and 200 from Tulkarm and its refugee camps."
The statement also indicated that since October 7, 2023, the number of Palestinians detained in the West Bank has risen to 15,640, including 490 women (not counting women arrested from Gaza, whose numbers are estimated in the dozens).
