Israel arrests 12 Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli soldiers have arrested twelve Palestinians in pre-dawn raids in a number of occupied West Bank towns.

According to the International Middle East Media Center, seven of those detained in the overnight operations on Tuesday morning were from Nablus — the largest city in the West Bank — three were from the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and two were from the southern West Bank town of Hebron.

A large number of Israeli troops cordoned off and ransacked the residents' houses in pursuit of key documents. The Palestinians were taken to military detention camps to be questioned.

The Israeli army regularly arrests Palestinians during overnight operations in West Bank towns.

However, the detentions are in flagrant violation of a security agreement with the Palestinian Authority.

Tel Aviv claims that the people arrested in the raids are 'wanted activists.'

According to the head of the Census Department of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, Israel currently holds 7300 Palestinians in prison. Among the detainees, there are 33 women, 300 children, 17 legislators, and two former ministers.

The Palestinian prisoners are suffering harsh and life-threatening conditions in Israeli detention facilities.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=118795§ionid=351020202.