Seven Palestinians arrested, teenager shot and injured during Israeli raids on West Bank
Three brothers were arrested in a dawn raid in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, Wafa reports, adding that the three were sons of a man already detained in an Israeli prison.
Four Palestinians were also arrested in Arrabeh town, located southwest of Jenin city, during a raid where the Israeli military fired on a vehicle, though there were no reports of injuries, Wafa said.
Raids were also reported in the following locations:
- The villages of Rummana, Zubaba, Taanak and the towns of Barta’a and Yabad in the Jenin governorate.
- A Palestinian man was assaulted before being arrested at a military checkpoint in Jericho city.
- A 16-year-old sustained bullet wounds in Salem village, east of Nablus, during confrontations with Israeli forces who stormed the area on Saturday night.
- Stun grenades and toxic gas were deployed by Israeli forces during a raid on Husan village, west of Bethlehem.
- Israeli settlers raided the outskirts of the Palestinian town of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah. Settlers also uprooted 40 olive trees and destroyed an agricultural building owned by a Palestinian in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron.
- Towns and villages east and west of Ramallah were raided and stun grenades and noxious gas were used against local Palestinian youths who confronted the Israeli military incursion.
Israeli forces arrest 22 people in latest West Bank raids
The arrests were concentrated in the Jenin governorate, with many in the town of Arrabeh, where we earlier reported that Israeli forces opened fire on a vehicle. Other arrests took place in the governorates of Hebron, Tulkarem, Ramallah and el-Bireh, Qalqilya and Jericho.
In total, Israeli forces have arrested 9,125 people in near daily raids throughout the occupied West Bank since October 7.
At least one Palestinian injured in Israeli attack on West Bank village near Nablus
At least one Palestinian has been shot and injured by the Israeli occupation army in the town of Urif, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its crews evacuated a 15-year-old boy who was shot in the shoulder by a live round and that his condition is stable.
Groups of settlers, protected by the Israeli army, stormed the eastern outskirts of the town, assaulted citizens, attacked houses and burned a Palestinian vehicle.
At least 6 injured in village near Nablus
We reported earlier that an attack by Israeli settlers and soldiers on Urif, near Nablus, had left at least one Palestinian teen injured. The Palestine Red Crescent says that now the number of injured has risen to six.
Israeli forces accompany or support settler attacks in almost half of all incidents of violence against Palestinians, according to the UN. In over a third of the incidents recorded since October 2023, Israeli settlers threatened Palestinians with firearms, including by opening fire.
