90 year old Palestinian man was arrested as Israeli forces raided his home

Israeli forces raided the house of a 90 year old Palestinian man in West Bank and whisked him away with them.

Palestinian citizen Ali al-Wahsh, was picked from his family home in Bethlehem’s southern town of al-Khader, in the West Bank.

Al-Wahsh’s son, Ahmed said that an Israeli military patrol broke into their home in al-Balou’ area, in al-Khader, at 05:00 in the morning and ransacked the building before they forced the inhabitants out. 

The son added that his father was taken away by the occupation forces during the home raid and placed him at the Kiryat Arbaa detention center.


The occupation soldiers seized al-Wahsh’s personal gun which he uses during his work. The gun's licence was issued to him by the Palestinian Authority.

Al-Wahsh is known as a consensus figure throughout the occupied West Bank. He is often consulted to work out local issues, particularly family disagreements.

Al-Whash has been diagnosed with prostate disease and has 18 sons and over 100 grandsons.