An-Najah News - Israeli occupation forces detained a Palestinian and a Yesh Din’s staff, an Israeli human rights organization, near the town of Deir Istia, in the central occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces stationed near the illegal settlement of Yakir, located north of the town of Beit Istia, held him for hours along with a Yesh Din’s staff.

Yesh Din’s a leading Israeli human rights organization in monitoring the investigations of offenses committed by security forces against Palestinians said the resident ‘Amer Abu Hijleh.

Israeli forces reportedly interrogated them or hours while they were present at an area threatened with seizure near the said settlement.

An-Najah News - Ghassan Daghlas, who is monitoring settlers’ activities in the north of the West Bank said, Dozens of structures belonging to 11 Palestinian families were demolished by Israeli occupation forces in Hamsa al-Foqa area in the northern Jordan Valley, which is a fertile strip of land running west along the Jordan River.

Jordan Valley is a home for about 65,000 Palestinians and makes up approximately 30% of the area of the occupied West Bank.

Israel has plans to annex the Jordan Valley, which is strongly opposed by the Palestinian and the entire international community.