RAMALLAH, The Israeli occupation forces today and last night detained at least 14 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied territories, six of them from East Jerusalem, according to Palestinian sources.

Israeli occupation forces barged into the Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Tur and detained six Palestinians, said the sources.

Israeli forces arrested as well two former prisoners after storming the houses of their families in Biddu town, along with one from al-Qubeiba village and another from Beit Duqqu village, all northwest of Jerusalem.

In Bethlehem district, the sources confirmed a raid in Ashawawra village, northeast of the southern West Bank city, resulting in the detention of another.

In Ramallah district, a convoy of army vehicles stormed Beit Rima village, northwest of the city, forcibly entered and searched a house, and detained one person.

Soldiers manning a flying checkpoint at the northern entrance of Birzeit town, north of Ramallah, stopped vehicles on their way out of the town, checked passengers’ ID cards and eventually detained one identified as a resident of Qalqiliya city.

The soldiers also briefly held an anti-occupation activist from Deir Nidham for several hours at the checkpoint and assaulted him.

Last night, soldiers manning the permanently staffed checkpoint adjacent to Jabal al-Rahma neighborhood in Hebron stopped and detained one person.

Source: Palestine News & Info Agency