The Israeli occupation army conducted last night and this morning large-scale arrest campaign in the occupied territories and detained more than 40 Palestinians, most of them from the Hebron district in the south of the West Bank, according to various sources.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said some of the Palestinians detained from the Hebron area were released several hours later.
It said the army has rounded up 26 Palestinians from various towns in the Hebron district, most of them former prisoners and some were held in administrative detention for many years, while two were said to be in their mid to late 50s in age.
Elsewhere in the West Bank, soldiers detained two people from Nablus city and the town of Beit Furik, near Nablus. During the raid of Nablus, a Palestinian man was shot in the leg by a live bullet and taken to hospital.
Three people were also detained after an army raid of the town of Jayyous, near Qalqilya city, including a 45-year-old man, one person was detained from the town of Sanour, near Jenin, after raiding his home, and two were detained from Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, including a 55-year-old man.
In the Ramallah area, a 17-year-old boy was detained following an army raid of his homes in Jalazon refugee camp.
Reports also said Israeli forces detained a youth at Shufat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem.
Source: Palestine News & Info Agency