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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces carried out overnight raids on Wednesday, detaining at least 15 Palestinians across the occupied Palestinian territory, including two 15-year-old boys and a 17-year-old girl, Israeli and Palestinian sources said.

Israeli forces detained three Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said, identifying them as 17-year-old girl Aya Mohammad Hendi, Tareq al-Samman, and Omar Minna, 15, who had reportedly just been released from Israeli custody a day earlier.

In Hebron, Israeli forces detained Tayseser al-Tete, 15, who was reportedly being beaten by an Israeli soldier with a helmet during the raid, as well as Talal Abu Sneina, and Mohammad Mahmoud Nayrokh, 22.

Nayrokh, who is currently being held in Etzion prison, told PPS lawyer Jacqueline Fararjeh that Israeli forces beat and blindfolded him before dragging him to an Israeli military vehicle after raiding his home at 2 a.m. Nayrokh had previously spent 10 months in Israeli prison and was released just three months ago.

Meanwhile, locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces raided a house in the village of Beit Ummar north of Hebron and detained two young men identified as Hatim Sabarna, 21, and his brother Ali Sabarna, 20, both of whom had previously been imprisoned by Israel.

Israeli forces raided also the town of Beit Fajjar north of Hebron, detaining four Palestinians identified by PPS as Ahmad Saleh Thawabteh, 21, Fayez Mohammad Taqatqa, 19, Omar Ayed Taqatqa, 20, and Mohammad Jihad Taqatqa, 19.

Further north, Israeli forces detained Atef al-Salehi, 43, from the village of Silwad northeast of Ramallah City, and detained Shadi Nasser Salah, 25, during a raid on the village of Kafr Dan, northwest of Jenin.

According to an Israeli army spokesperson, Israeli forces also detained one Palestinian during a raid in the northeast of Qalqiliya. Palestinian sources did not provide details on the case.

Israeli forces, meanwhile, carried out raids in the villages surrounding the illegal Israeli settlement of Har Brakha to the south of the city of Nablus after allegedly hearing gun fire. No detentions were reported.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that seven Palestinians were detained for suspected “illegal activities,” while one was detained over allegations of being a Hamas operative.

According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, 7,000 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli prisons. The organization estimates that around 40 percent of the Palestinian male population has been detained at some point in their lives.

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