Children among 14 detained in Israeli raids in West Bank

Israeli forces have detained at least 14 Palestinians from various areas of the occupied West Bank since Wednesday evening, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

According to the Palestinian Authority’s Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners Society, the detentions took place in the governorates of Nablus, Hebron, Jenin, Tulkarm and Ramallah.

Among the detainees was a woman from Gaza who was in the West Bank for treatment, in addition to children and former detainees. 

The raids were accompanied by assaults, threats against detainees and their families, and widespread destruction of property, including damage to homes, the agency reported.

More than 12,100 Palestinians have been detained from the West Bank and Jerusalem, according to local authorities.