Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched on Wednesday a massive arrest campaign in various areas of the West Bank, arresting at least 19 Palestinian citizens, including a woman.
Palestinian media reported that IOF raided several areas across the West Bank, searched homes and vandalized their contents.
The areas which were subjected to Israeli raids were Nablus, Baraqa, Ramallah, Qabatiya and Al-Khalil (Hebron), Palestinian media reported, adding that the detainees included a woman.
Another act of collective punishment, the Israeli army arrested the mother of Abdallah Rimawi in the West Bank to force him to surrender himself. This has become a common practice by the Israeli occupation authorities. pic.twitter.com/PBCO1CHgKR
— Mustafa Barghouti @Mustafa_Barghouti (@MustafaBarghou1) September 17, 2025
The occupation forces launch on daily basis a campaign of raids targeting various areas of the West Bank, usually involving arrests, field investigations, and the vandalism of homes and the destruction of their contents.
The total number of detainees in Israeli prisons, as of early September 2025, exceeded 11,100, including 53 female prisoners, 400 children, and 3,577 administrative detainees, according to data from the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club.
A Palestinian youth was taken as hostage last night by Israeli occupation forces in Nablus, north of the occupied West Bank, to press his brother to turn himself in to the Israeli army. pic.twitter.com/56Ra30vBjF
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 17, 2025
Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed an agreement to push ahead with an illegal expansion plan in the occupied West Bank that will cut across land that the Palestinians hope would form the basis of a future state.
Source: Palestinian media (translated and edited by Al-Manar)
