Israeli occupation forces launch detention campaign in West Bank

May 19, 2022

Israeli occupation forces launched a campaign of raids, searches, and detentions in separate areas in the occupied West Bank.

In Bethlehem, the occupation forces detained Mahdi Ahmed Tawfiq, 18, and his cousin Tawfiq Ali Tawfiq, 16, from the town of Al-Ubaidiya, east of the city, and Muhammad Khaled Hussein Musa, 18, from the town of Al-Khader, after raiding their homes and destroying their contents.

In Ramallah, according to local sources, the invading forces detained four young men from the town of Beit Rima, northwest of the city. 

The sources added that a large Israeli force stormed the town, raided several houses, and detained Nassim Hosni Al-Barghouti, 28, Majdi Munir Al-Rimawi, 34, Ahmed Khaled Al-Rimawi, 29, and Bilal Al-Rimawi, 18.

Consequently, confrontations erupted with the occupation forces in the town, during which they fired live bullets, sound bombs, and tear gas, but no injuries were reported.