The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested since the declaration of three settlers’ disappearance on Thursday more than 250 Palestinians, most of them were MPs, Hamas leaders and activists in addition to liberated prisoners.
Most of the detainees were held in administrative detention (according to which detainees are incarcerated without charge or trial), while 240 raid and search operations were carried out in al-Khalil.
Hamas Movement strongly condemned in a statement the Israeli fierce arrest campaign against hundreds of its activists and leaders, saying that Israeli violations and restrictions would not succeed in undermining the Movement’s path and commitments towards the Palestinian cause.
For its part, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) documented the arrest of 55 Palestinians, including two liberated detainees, on Tuesday in the West Bank.
Head of the PPS Qadura Fares said that this Israeli hysterical arrest campaign is a new slap to the international laws and conventions. He mentioned in this respect the growing international demands for a fair trial for the administrative detainees who have been on hunger strike for nearly two months.
Ahrar center for Prisoners Studies, for its turn, said that 240 raid and search campaigns were carried out in the West Bank mainly in al-Khalil where 140 homes were stormed in the city, while 74 homes were raided in Ramallah.
Along the same line, 15 homes were searched and raided in Silwad town in Ramallah on Tuesday.
According to the PIC reporter, Israeli forces raided several homes in the town after detaining their owners for more than two hours. Huge material losses were reported.
The raid campaign also targeted homes belonging to liberated detainees and activists affiliated with the Hamas movement. Some Palestinian youths were summoned for investigation.
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