Palestinians detained in West Bank night raids by the occupation forces

October 21, 2021

Today, Thursday, the Israeli occupation forces launched a campaign of detentions across separate areas of the occupied West Bank, Oct 21.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces detained 7 Palestinian citizens from the Bethlehem governorate in the southern West Bank, two of whom from Nablus, and others from Jenin and Qalqilya.

These detainees have been identified as Rabie Ahmed Taqatqa, Youssef Muhammad Thawabteh, and Muhammad Wajih Thawabita, from the town of Beit Fajjar, and Tayseer Manasra, 25, and the two ex-detainees Muhannad and Hamza Al-Wahsh from the town of Al-Khader, the sources added.

Furthermore, the occupation forces summoned the child Nader Nael Taqatqa, for interrogation before the intelligence services in the "Gush Etzion" compound, after they raided his family's home in Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem.

In Nablus, the Israeli occupation detained the two young men, Hamdan Zakaria Al-Asous from the village of Burin, south of Nablus, and Karim Abdel Moneim from the town of Tal, west of the city.

Additionally, they detained the Palestinians, Hussein Ismail Abu al-Rub from the town of Qabatiya, southwest of Jenin, after midnight at a military checkpoint, and Amir Abu Libdeh from the city of Qalqilya.