Israeli forces detain 17 Palestinians in WB raids

RAMALLAH - 26 September 2017: Israeli forces Tuesday detained 17 Palestinians, including two minors and a journalist, in overnight raids across the West Bank, Wafaa news agency quoted Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) as saying on Tuesday.

Israeli forces detained six Palestinians, including two former prisoners, after storming their homes in the northern West Bank district of Nablus.

Two other Palestinians were detained from Qalqiliya district and the Jenin-district town of Jaba in the northern West Bank.

Meanwhile, three Palestinians, including a minor, were detained in separate raids across Jerusalem district.

This came as Abdul Rahman Awad, who works as a journalist, was detained during a predawn military raid into Budrus town, northwest of Ramallah.