Israeli forces abduct 6 Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli forces have abducted at least six more Palestinians during a series of raids on a number of houses in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

This comes after Israeli soldiers broke into dozens of homes in the al-Faraa and Askar refugee camps in northern Nablus as well as a village east of the city.

Local residents and witnesses say the Israeli forces violently searched the houses, causing excessive property damage before detaining the Palestinians.

Sources said a member of Palestinian security services is among the captives.

Local residents say the Palestinians were taken to an unknown location.

On April 27, Israeli forces kidnapped several Palestinians in the northern city of Jenin.

Israeli forces regularly attack Palestinian homes and kidnap individuals in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem).

In recent months, Israeli forces have intensified their crackdown on Palestinians by raiding their homes and putting them behind bars, based on the so-called administrative detention policy.

Administrative detention is a sort of imprisonment without trial or charge that allows Israel to incarcerate Palestinians for up to six months. The detention order can be renewed for indefinite periods of time.

Thousands of Palestinians are held in Israeli jails without clear charges. There are reportedly over 7,000 Palestinians in 17 Israeli prisons and detention camps.

In addition, Israeli settlers, mostly armed, regularly attack Palestinian villages and farms and set fire to their mosques, olive groves and other properties in the West Bank under the so-called “price tag” policy. However, Tel Aviv rarely detains the assailants.

The “price tag” attacks are acts of vandalism and violence against Palestinians and their property as well as holy Islamic sites by Israeli settlers.