UPDATES WITH ROUNDING UP ANOTHER SIX PALESTINIANS IN WB RAIDS
By Qais Abu Samran and Abdul Raouf Arnaout
HEBRON/ JERUSALEM, Palestine (AA) – Israeli army forces early Thursday detained a Palestinian man, his wife and his son in the city of Hebron in the south of the occupied West Bank, according to eyewitnesses.
An Israeli military unit, the eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency, arrested the Palestinian citizen Jamal Karameh, his wife Hanaa, and their son Jamil.
The Israeli soldiers, the eyewitnesses added, damaged Karameh’s house and beat him.
Meanwhile, Israeli army forces rounded up six Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to an Israeli military statement released Thursday.
The Palestinians were detained for what the army described as “suspected involvement in popular terrorist activities”, the statement claimed without elaborating on the nature of said “activities”.
The detained Palestinians have since been remanded into custody for further investigation, according to the same statement.
The Israeli army frequently conducts sweeping arrest campaigns across the occupied West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians.
According to Palestinian figures, some 6,500 Palestinians are currently languishing in Israeli prisons, including scores of women, roughly 350 minors, and at least six members of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
