Occupation forces detain 17 Palestinians and demolish 3 homes in the West Bank

Wafa News Agency reported that the occupation forces accompanied with a number of bulldozers, stormed into the towns of Anata in occupied Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and Jalboun in Jenin, and demolished three homes and an agricultural facility, while they raided several neighborhoods in Al-Khalil (Hebron), the town of Dura and Wadi Al-Shajna to the south, and the towns of Sinjil in Ramallah and Aqaba in Tubas, and detained 16 Palestinians. They also detained another Palestinian at one of its checkpoints in Nablus.

The Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said in a joint statement that the occupation has detained more than 9,000 Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of its aggression against Gaza Strip on October the 7th , in addition to detaining thousands from Gaza whose fate is unknown as a result of the crime of forced disappearance committed by the occupation against them.

The statement indicated that the continuous and escalating detention campaigns for eight months were accompanied by field executions, direct shooting before the detention, in addition to severe beatings.

The detention campaign also included the use of detainees as human shields and hostages, as well as the widespread acts of vandalism that affected homes, and the seizure of property, in addition to demolishing and bombing homes belonging to prisoners.