OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - The Israeli occupation forces detained, yesterday evening, Thursday, three Palestinians near the entrance to the town of Al-Eizariya, east of occupied Jerusalem, October 22.

The Prisoners Information Office reported that the occupation forces detained the young men, Omar Marwan Obaid, Muhammad Ayman Obaid, and Muhammad Abu Rajab, near the entrance to the town of Al-Eizariya, east of occupied Jerusalem.

Moreover, they raided the town of Al-Tur in the Bab Al-Amoud Plaza and detained a young man.

In a related context, the Bab Al-Amoud area witnessed, yesterday evening, attempts by the Israeli occupation forces to drive the residents of the area away and assault them. 

And Jerusalemite reports showed that the occupation forces have detained about 1900 Palestinian citizens from the occupied Jerusalem in the first half of this year.

Fifty-three Jerusalemites are sentenced to more than 25 years in jail, while others are sentenced to hundreds of years in jail, and eight Jerusalemites have spent more than twenty years in jail so far.

Recently, the occupation courts witnessed a noticeable escalation in the sentences issued against minors accused of throwing stones.