Gaza, ALRAY - The Israeli occupation has detained a Palestinian man at the Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern besieged Gaza Strip.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees, the Israeli occupation authorities detained Rasmi Sobeih, 41, as he was on his way to visit his mother in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm.

Sobeih had received a permit from the Israeli occupation authorities to leave for the occupied West Bank through the Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, the ministry pointed out.

The ministry added that Sobeih is currently being held in Askalan prison.