Israeli forces raid Tulkarem, arrest young man
Israeli forces have raided several homes in Bal’a, near Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, and arrested a young Palestinian man, the Wafa news agency reports.
At least 21 other Palestinians have been detained by Israeli forces in other raids across the occupied West Bank, including a 12-year-old boy.
Israeli forces carry out mass arrests, detain Palestinian legislator
Israeli forces have carried out raids across the West Bank, arresting at least 40 Palestinian men and boys near Ramallah and prominent Palestinian legislator Azzam Salhab from his home in Hebron.
Israeli forces rearrest the deputy in the Legislative Council dr. Azzam Salhab from his house in occupied Hebron only a few days after releasing him.
The pictures are of dr. Salhab before (left) and after (right) his latest detention. pic.twitter.com/tRlPVKUGSS
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 24, 2024
Israeli forces have arrested 9,360 Palestinians in West Bank since October 7
The army detained 12 people in the occupied West Bank since last night, including a woman and children, according to a joint statement by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.
Raids were carried out in parts of Ramallah targeting at least 80 citizens, the statement said, adding that the majority of them were briefly detained without confirming the number of people remaining in custody from the operation in question.
The latest detentions take the total number of Palestinians in Israeli custody since October 7 to 9,360.
Israeli forces detained 30 youngsters in village near Ramallah: Mayor
Mayor Rafat Khalifeh, the head of the municipal council in the occupied West Bank village of Kafr Nime near Ramallah, has told Al Jazeera that Israeli forces detained more than 30 young men, some as young as 15, yesterday in a village park “for whatever reason that is not clear”.
The high school students are expected to sit their exams in two days, he said, fearing that the development will affect the educational prospects of the village youngsters.
“People are intimidated very much,” he said, adding that the village has “suffered a lot” since the outbreak of the Gaza war as Israeli raids have become more frequent. He also said the Israelis created illegal settlements near his village and the settlers were intimidating the Kafr Nime residents.
Israeli forces escalating arrest campaigns against children: Prisoners’ group
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society has said in a statement on Telegram that the Israeli forces are escalating arrest campaigns against Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank since the eruption of Israel’s war on Gaza.
It said at least seven children, including two brothers, were arrested in the past 24 hours in the West Bank and Israel’s military court extended the detention of three children from the town of Beit Ummar near the city of Hebron.
