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60 Palestinians detained, 16 wounded by Israeli forces in raid on Qalandiya and Kafr Aqab
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces have detained some 60 Palestinians in a two-day long raid on the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society reports.</p>
<p>The group said in a statement that arrestees included women and children, and that, throughout the raid, people were subjected to severe beatings, intimidation and the use of restraint as a means of torture.</p>
<p>Israeli soldiers demolished shops, raided dozens homes and evicted families from them.</p>
<p>Palestine’s Red Crescent Society reported that 16 people were wounded in the assault on the camp and the town of Kafr Aqab.</p>
<p>Anadalou news agency reported, citing a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)-affiliated Qalandia Refugee Camp Popular Services Committee, that during the raids, three people sustained serious injuries as a result of beatings, including one person who suffered a skull fracture.</p>
<p>He said that another 20 suffered from tear gas inhalation.</p>
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