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RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 18 Palestinians during overnight and predawn raids between Saturday and Sunday in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) reported that six Palestinians from the southern West Bank district of Hebron were detained.

They were identified as Anas Amjad Jawabra, 21, Laith Muhammad Banat, 16, Saif Rushdi Jawabra, 17 -- all three of whom locals said were detained in the al-Arrub refugee camp -- Muhammad Nidal Abu Ghazi, Murad Yousif Abu Ghazi, and Mutaz Adel Atiya Abu Zneid, 23.
Locals told Ma’an that Abu Zneid was detained at the Kharasah junction in southern Hebron.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that five Palestinians had been detained in al-Arrub, adding that she did not have information regarding any other detentions.

Meanwhile, local sources said two residents of the Hebron-area village of al-Shuyukh, identified as Rizq Ahmad Ibrahim Halayqah and Nasser Ahmad Ismail Halayqah, were detained near the Israeli separation wall in the Bethlehem district.

In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, Israeli forces detained Bassil Najih Assi, 20, and Anas Abd al-Mineim Assi, 19, according to PPS.

PPS reported that Abada Najib and three other unidentified Palestinians were detained from Jerusalem, without specifying if they were in the city of East Jerusalem or in the West Bank district of Jerusalem.

The organization also reported that Hisham Awad Salah, 32, was detained in the district of Jenin, while Muhammad Salah Abu al-Rub was detained in the district of Tulkarem.

PPS added that 37 Palestinians were detained on Friday and Saturday.
Israeli forces carry out raids across the occupied Palestinian territory on a near-nightly basis. Although UN documentation estimates that the army has carried out a weekly average of 75 detention raids in the occupied West Bank so far in 2016, the average rose to 93 weekly raids from June to August.

According to prisoners rights group Addameer, 7,000 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons as of August.

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