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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces raided the village of Zaatara east of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank early Friday and searched a three-story house belonging to the Sarahin family, detaining one person.

Mahmoud Moussa Sarahin told Ma’an that Israeli forces raided his family’s house at around 3:30 a.m. on Friday.

Sarahin said the family woke up to the sound of an explosion as Israeli soldiers blew up the front door and proceeded to search the house, destroying furniture, electrical appliances, windows, and doors, while locking the family inside one of rooms.

Israeli soldiers and police dogs searched the house in addition to searching computers and mobile phones without confiscating any devices.

Israeli forces ransacked and destroyed the first floor where the family car is parked and food supplies are kept -- all of which the soldier discarded, Sarahin said.

He added that soldiers also blew up the doors on all three floors of the house in addition to the main door of a nearby family house that has been abandoned for years.

Sarahin said that some money that the children had saved was missing after the raid. Palestinians often report theft by Israeli forces during such raids.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an they were looking into reports of the raid, adding that Israeli forces detained one Palestinian overnight in Zaatari without being able to confirm if the detainee was a member of the Saharin family.

Israeli forces carry out raids across the occupied Palestinian territory on a near-nightly basis.

In the two week period between Aug. 23 and Sep. 5, Israeli forces conducted a total 186 search and arrest operations and detained 239 Palestinians in the West Bank, according to UN documentation.