Israeli military arrests 16 year old in Hebron
The Israeli military has arrested a 16-year-old minor from the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, the Wafa news agency is reporting. The minor, named as Hadi Wael Skafi, was arrested from a vehicle at the northern entrance to the city, according to Wafa.
Israeli military raids have been reported in other locations in the occupied West Bank, including:
- The city of Nablus
- The towns of Bil’in, Umm Safa, and Kafr Ni’ma in Ramallah district
There have also been reports of Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian vehicles in the town of Huwwara, south of Nablus, while seven Palestinians were injured on Monday night when settlers attacked them in the town of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah.
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Israeli forces interrogate dozens in school during overnight West Bank raid
Israeli forces have arrested dozens of Palestinians, in Qusrah, near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, taking them to a school where they were held and interrogated overnight, the Wafa news agency is reporting.
The raid in Qusra was one of several where Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces overnight. Wafa and Palestinian sources also reported that:
- Two brothers were arrested in Jericho, where Israeli forces besieged a home
- Three Palestinians were arrested in Umm Safa
- One Palestinian was arrested in Kafr Ni’ma
- One Palestinian was arrested in Sinjil in the north of Ramallah district
Israeli military carries out arrests in raids near Ramallah
The Israeli military has arrested five Palestinians during the storming of several towns and villages in Ramallah and el-Bireh governorate in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.
Three men, including a university professor, were arrested from their homes in the village of Safa, northwest of Ramallah.
Israeli forces also arrested a Palestinian man who was only released from detention a month ago after raiding his home in the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah. A fifth man was arrested in the village of Deir Ibzi, west of Ramallah.
Confrontations have also broken out between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the village of Ajoul, north of Ramallah.
Israeli forces have been rounding up 35 Palestinians a day on average since the war started, with more than 9,112 Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails as of June 1 – nearly double the number of Palestinians jailed on October 1.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian villages in occupied West Bank
Illegal Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian villages across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Wafa news agency has reported.
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian residents in the town of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah by throwing rocks, injuring three people. Settlers also attacked Palestinian vehicles in the town of Huwara, south of Nablus.
In the south, Israeli settlers set up an illegal outpost on privately owned Palestinian land east of Hebron.
Since October 7, 548 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank by Israeli forces and settlers while more than 5,200 have been wounded.
Israeli forces assault Palestinian man at West Bank checkpoint: Report
Israeli forces have physically assaulted a Palestinian man at the Tayasir checkpoint, east of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian Wafa news agency reports.
Medical sources reported that Red Crescent crews transferred the 46-year-old after he was beaten up by Israeli soldiers near the checkpoint, sustaining bruises on his body.
