Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested on Saturday night and at dawn Sunday several Palestinians during raids in various areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Local sources reported that IOF stationed at the Qalandia military checkpoint arrested Maher Othman from Abwein town in Ramallah.
The IOF soldiers at a makeshift checkpoint at the northern entrance to Huwwara arrested Muhammad Huwaiti from Balata refugee camp.
Raed Huwaiti said that he was detained along with his brother Muhammad his sister and niece at the entrance to the Jabal Suleiman Al-Farsi junction Yitzhar junction for three hours. Six mobile phones including the phone of the driver who was taking them in a taxicab were confiscated.
On Saturday night IOF arrested Abdullah and Ahmed Samir Odeh at the Salman Al-Farsi roundabout in Hawara town south of Nablus after beating them.
In Bethlehem eyewitness said that IOF arrested Essam Taqatqah 26 after raiding and searching his family’s house.
In Occupied Jerusalem local sources stated the Israeli police stormed the al-Tur neighborhood east of Jerusalem and arrested Mohammed Khwais after they stormed and searched his home.
Meanwhile lawyer Hamza Qotainah said that occupation policemen arrested three young men after they tried to defend a Jerusalemite woman who was being attacked by Jewish settlers in Nablus street on Saturday evening.
Qotainah pointed out that the occupation police came to the scene quickly arrested the Palestinian youths and let the settlers go without any accountability.