Israeli forces have arrested at least nine Palestinians during separate overnight raids on a number of houses across the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Wadi Hilweh Information Center said Israeli military vehicles rolled into the Ras al-Amud neighborhood of East al-Quds (Jerusalem) early on Thursday and unloaded Israeli forces, who broke into dozens of homes and violently searched them.

The Israeli forces caused excessive property damage before detaining the eight young Palestinians.

The center added that an 18-year-old Palestinian, identified as Abdul Karim Khleilo, was also detained in Sur Baher neighborhood on the southeastern outskirts of East al-Quds.

In recent months, Israeli forces have frequently raided the houses of Palestinians in the West Bank, arresting dozens of people, who are then transferred to Israeli prisons, where they are kept without charge.

There have been many reports about the deteriorating health of Palestinian prisoners held inside Israeli jails.

More than 7,000 Palestinians are reportedly held in 17 Israeli prisons and detention camps. Moreover, 540 Palestinians are held without any trial under the so-called administrative detention, which 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.

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies (PPCS) said in a statement on Wednesday that Israeli forces have detained 3,200 Palestinians since the beginning of the current year.

It said that there are some 539 children, 180 women and 220 disabled people among the Palestinian detainees, explaining that around 400 inmates have been rearrested after their release from Israeli detention facilities.