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Israeli forces rounded up 17 Palestinians in overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli military on Monday.
The individuals were arrested for “suspected involvement in popular terrorist activities”, the army said in a statement, without elaborating on the nature of these activities.
The Israeli army frequently carries out wide-ranging arrest campaigns across the occupied West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians.
According to Palestinian figures, some 6,500 Palestinians continue to languish in Israeli detention facilities, including scores of women and hundreds of minors.
Israeli forces on Sunday raided the Jerusalem governor’s office in the occupied West Bank, according to local residents.“An Israeli force stormed the governor’s office in the town of al-Ram, northeast of Jerusalem, and searched it,” a local resident told Anadolu Agency.He said Israeli soldiers assaulted a number of employees inside the office. According to Palestinian medical sources, three people suffered temporary asphyxiation from teargas canisters fired by Israeli forces and were treated on the spot.The Israeli raid was quickly condemned by the Ramallah-based Palestinian government.Palestinian resistance factions vow to continue Gaza Strip ralliesIsraeli official says Khashoggi death 'despicable', but Iran greater challengeIsraeli police arrest 13 ultra-Orthodox JewsIn a statement, government spokesman Yousef al-Mahmoud described the raid as a “dangerous escalation and a flagrant violation of all agreements and international law”.The spokesman went on to hold the Israeli government responsible for “the repercussions of these assaults”.There was no comment from the Israeli army on the report.Last month, Israeli police detained Jerusalem governor Adnan Ghaith and released him two days later. Last week, Ghaith was again briefly detained by Israeli forces. Egyptian delegation leaves Gaza after truce talksGazan child dies of wounds from 2014 Israeli warIsrael, Gaza close to ceasefire
Israeli forces raid Jerusalem governor’s office
Palestinian group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, has welcomed a Tunisian court ruling banning the entry of an Israeli delegation into Tunisia.The delegation was scheduled to take part in the conference of World Forum Interfaith Dialogue Ambassadors, due to be held on Nov. 4-8.But on Friday, the Tunis-based Court of First Instance ruled to prevent the Israeli delegation from entering the country to attend the event.“We appreciate the great Tunisian people and all the Tunisian organizations that worked hard for allowing the issuance of this decision,” Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said on Twitter.The issue was brought to the court by the National Commission for the Support of Arab Resistance, an NGO, the Republican Party and the People's Movement against the country's Tunisian Scouts -- the forum's organizers.They demanded that the Israeli delegation or any Israeli citizenship holder be prevented from being hosted or participating in the forum.Hamas demands Britain apologize for Balfour DeclarationPalestine's Hamas urges Brazil to revoke Jerusalem decision
Hamas hails Tunisian court ruling against Israeli visit