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RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 25 Palestinians, including two parents, their six sons, and a journalist, in overnight raids in the occupied West Bank between Wednesday and Thursday, Israeli and Palestinian sources told Ma’an.

In the West Bank district of Ramallah, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said that Israeli forces detained eight members of the same family in the al-Amari refugee camp, sparking clashes in which four Palestinians were injured according to witnesses.

The family members were identified as Zuhdi Thib Abu Shusheh, his wife Jihad Abu Shusheh, and their six sons Mahran, Ihab, Muhammad, Fadi, Bahaa, and Thib.

Clashes broke out at dawn between Palestinian youth and Israeli forces during the raid, the second one in as many days in al-Amari.

Israeli forces deployed heavily in the camp, closing all the entrances and stationing on the rooftops of Palestinian homes, from which they fired rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas and sound bombs at Palestinian youths, who responded by throwing empty bottles and rocks.

Elsewhere in the Ramallah district, PPS reported that Hamid Ahmad Hmeidat, 25, was detained in the al-Jalazun refugee camp.

An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed to Ma’an eight detentions in al-Amari and one in al-Jalazun, but did not have information on the clashes.

In the central West Bank district of Jerusalem, locals reported that brothers Muhammad and Mujahid Ali Uweisat, as well as and Muhammad Daoud Abdo, were detained in the village of Sheikh Saad.

The army spokesperson confirmed three detentions in Sheikh Saad.
In the southern West Bank, nine Palestinians were detained in the Hebron district.

In the village of Dura, Israeli forces detained Muhammad Shahin, Yousif Nassar, and Ahmad Abu Sundus, who had previously spent seven years in Israeli custody, locals said.

PPS identified six other Palestinians detained in the district as Bashir al-Jabali, Dirar Sultan, as well as Abdullah al-Tawil and his sons Hazem, Muhammad, and Hamzeh.

The army spokesperson told Ma’an that two Palestinians were detained in Dura, while four were detained in the city of Hebron, one in the village of Tabaqa, and another in Kurza.

Meanwhile, in the northern West Bank, PPS reported that journalist Khalid Maali was detained in Salfit, while brothers Musab, 27, and Muhannad Dalal, 23, were detained in Qalqilyia.

The army spokesperson said one Palestinian was detained in Salfit, while three Palestinians were detained in Qalqiliya.

Israeli forces conduct night raids across the occupied Palestinian territory on a near-daily basis. According to UN documentation, the Israeli army carried out 178 detention raids from Oct. 4 to 17.

According to prisoners rights group Addameer, 7,000 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons as of August. The organization estimates that 40 percent of Palestinian men have been detained by Israel at some point in their lives.

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