Israeli forces detained over 1,700 Palestinians since tensions at Damascus Gate
Israeli forces have detained over 1,700 Palestinians from the occupied territories since the breakout of confrontations and tensions over Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, according to the Palestine Prisoner’s Society.
Jerusalem24 – Israeli forces have detained over 1,700 Palestinians from the occupied territories since the breakout of confrontations and tensions over Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, according to the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
PPS confirmed in a statistical press release that the number of Palestinians rounded up by Israeli forces since the outbreak of confrontations and simmering tensions surrounding Islam’s holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem has surpassed 1,700, including women, children and casualties.
It said that as of April 13, Israeli police have rounded up over 400 Palestinians from the occupied city of Jerusalem. Besides, over 850 Palestinian citizens of Israel have been rounded up in large-scale detention raids across the Palestinian cities, villages and towns in Israel since May 9.
It added that Israeli forces have rounded up some 450 other Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank since April.
Israeli police have stepped up their detention raids across the West Bank, including Jerusalem, detaining over 170 Palestinians since May 12, as revealed in the PPS report.
Meanwhile, police detained today two Palestinians after storming the houses of their families in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, and another after ransacking his house in Wadi al-Joz neighborhood.
This came as Israeli soldiers rounded up another after breaking into his family house in al-Auja town, north of Jericho.
