Israeli forces arrested 5 Palestinians in Bethlehem

Israeli forces arrested 5 Palestinians in Bethlehem

News December 13, 2020
Israeli forces arrested 5 Palestinians in Bethlehem
West Bank (QNN)- Israeli occupation forces arrested 5 Palestinians from Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank on Sunday morning. Three of the detainees were in Kafka, central of Bethlehem and the two others in Al-Saaf street, WAFA reported. Israeli occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians. According to Palestinian figures, nearly 5,700 Palestinians, including women and children, are currently detained in Israeli jails. Israeli occupation forces arrested more than 3,000 Palestinians from the start of 2020 until the end of August, according to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS).

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