The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday arrested a Palestinian young farmer in Battir town west of Bethlehem in the West Bank claiming he ignited a fire in an open area.
The farmer Jawad Qattoush was normally working on his own plot of land near his house in the town when soldiers arrested him his family told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC).
The family explained that Qattoush was cleaning the field and disposing of waste by burning it as farmers usually do.
“Does it make sense that a sane person triggers a fire maliciously on his own land and near his house?” the family rhetorically questioned.
More than 20 Palestinians have been arrested recently on allegations of causing brush fires that spread to other areas.
