Israeli occupation forces detained Friday, 16 December 2022 three Palestinians from Beit Ummar town north of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.

Mohammad Awad, a local media activist, reported that Israeli forces raided Beit Ummar town, forcibly entered a 55-year-old Palestinian father’s house, conducted a thorough search, seized a mobile phone, and kidnaped his two sons.

Israeli troops ransacked another Palestinian family house and detained a Palestinian youth after turning his home upside down.

Palestinian towns and villages in the occuiped West Bank and Jerusalem have seen increased near-daily military raids and violations by Israeli forces in recent months. 

There are 4700 Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails illegally held by Israeli occupation including 30 women and 400 children.