RAMALLAH, Siblings were among seven Palestinians the Israeli occupation forces detained today and last night in raids at their homes and at checkpoints in the occupied West Bank, according to various sources.
Palestinian security sources said that Israeli forces raided the village of Deir Nitham, northwest of Ramallah, and detained four people from the Tamimi family, including the secretary of Fatah movement Qusai Diab Tamimi and his brother Louai, and Yazan Fadel Tamimi and his brother Mazen, after raiding and ransacking their family homes.
In the southern West Bank city Hebron, soldiers detained two people, one of them 18 years of age and the other 24, at a flying military checkpoint after assaulting them, according to security and local sources.
In the north of the West Bank, a Palestinian said to be from Jenin was detained as he attempted to cross al-Hamra checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley and his car was seized, said Palestinian security sources.
Source: Palestine News & Info Agency