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RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces detained at least 16 Palestinians, including two minors, across the occupied West Bank between Wednesday and Thursday, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) reported that two Palestinians were detained in the northern West Bank, identifying them as Abd al-Salam Badawi in the Tulkarem district and Ahmad Fayez Saadi in the Jenin refugee camp.

In the central West Bank, PPS reported the detention of Odeh Ahmad al-Qadi, 50, and his son Mustafa in the village of Mazariaa al-Nubani in the Ramallah district.

An Israeli army spokesperson did not inform Ma’an of detentions in the northern West Bank or Mazariaa al-Nubani, but said that four Palestinians were detained in the Ramallah-area village of al-Mazraa al-Qibliya.

In the Jerusalem district, PPS stated that Israeli forces detained Samer al-Dibsi in the village of Kafr Aqab, while Yaqoub Sidawi, 14, was detained in al-Ram.

In the Bethlehem district, PPS stated that Ahmad al-Umour, 24, was detained in the village of Tuqu. The detention was confirmed by the army.

The organization also noted the detention of 13-year-old Ali al-Jawarish, also known as Ali Afana, on Wednesday afternoon as he was returning from school in the Aida refugee camp.

PPS added that Nafith al-Shawamra and Muhammad Kamil Iqtiel in the Hebron district, as local sources told Ma’an that the two were detained during a raid in the village of Deir al-Asal.

The army spokesperson confirmed the detention of one “Hamas operative” in Deir al-Asal, and of two other Palestinians in the villages of Hijra and al-Tabaqa.

Israeli forces carry out detention raids across the occupied territory on a near-nightly basis, with the UN recording an average of 95 weekly raids in the West Bank in 2016, and 100 weekly raids on average thus far in 2017.

A joint report by Palestinian prisoners’ organizations said that over the course of January alone, 590 Palestinians were detained across the occupied territory, including 128 children, 14 women, and one journalist.

According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, a total of 6,500 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons as of January.

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