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Israeli forces arrest senior Islamic Jihad member in West Bank raids

Sunday, 05 February 2023 11:25 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 05 February 2023 11:34 AM ]

Palestinian Islamic Jihad member Khader Adnan gestures as he speaks during a rally honoring him following his release, near the West Bank city of Jenin on July 12, 2015. (Photo by Reuters)

Israeli forces have arrested nearly two dozen Palestinians, among them a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, in raids across the occupied West Bank.

Palestinian Prisoner’s Media Office reported Sunday that the occupation troops had detained Khader Adnan in his hometown of Arraba near the city of Jenin.

Adnan, 44, had been arrested after Israeli forces raided his home and terrorized his family in the middle of the night, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

The Islamic Jihad member has been arrested several times in recent years and served several prison sentences. He has also gone on hunger strike several times over Tel Aviv's so-called policy of administrative detention.

Other Palestinians, who were mostly young, were taken into Israeli custody in the West Bank villages of Ajjah and Bir al-Basha and the towns of Bani Na'im and Beit Fajjar.

Palestinians injured, detained as Israeli forces raid refugee camp in occupied West Bank

At least 13 Palestinians, including three seriously, are shot and injured after Israeli military forces raided a refugee camp in the West Bank amid rising tensions across the occupied territories.

The Israeli military frequently carries out wide-ranging arrest campaigns across the West Bank under the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians.

Over the past months, Israel has ramped up attacks on Palestinian towns and cities throughout the occupied territories. As a result of these attacks, dozens of Palestinians have lost their lives and many others have been arrested.

The United Nations marked 2022 as the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank in 16 years.

Israeli forces killed at least 171 Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied East al-Quds last year, including more than 30 children. At least 9,000 others were injured as well.

Moreover, thousands of Palestinians are held in Israeli jails. Hundreds have been imprisoned under the practice of administrative detention, which allows incarcerating Palestinian inmates without trial or charge.

Israeli jail authorities keep Palestinian prisoners under deplorable conditions lacking proper hygienic standards. Palestinian inmates have also been subjected to systematic torture, harassment, and repression.

Human rights organizations say Israel violates all the rights and freedoms granted to prisoners by the Geneva Convention.

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