RAMALLAH, The Israeli occupation army this morning and last night detained at least 21 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank, most of them former prisoners and include a journalist, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).

It said that the army detained six people from the village of Beit Sira, west of Ramallah, including the journalist Ibrahim Abu Safieh.

Four others were detained in the Hebron governorate, in addition to arrests made in Jenin, Tubas, Tulkarm in the north of the West Bank, and Qalandia refugee camp near Jerusalem, said the PPS.

Source: Palestine News & Info Agency