Elderly man injured in settler attack near Nablus
The Wafa news agency reports that a 62-year-old Palestinian man was beaten up in the occupied West Bank town of Huwara. Wafa quoted the Palestine Red Crescent, which said that Israeli settlers beat the man as they attacked the town, which is south of the city of Nablus.
Israeli forces carry out raids, arrests in the occupied West Bank
The Israeli military has arrested a Palestinian man from the town of al-Yamoun, west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports. They had summoned him for unknown reasons to meet intelligence agents in the Salem camp, west of the city of Jenin.
Israeli forces have also stormed the village of Beit Duqqu, northwest of Jerusalem, and raided a man’s home before arresting him, Wafa reports.
Israeli forces have arrested a third man from the Jenin camp as he passed through the Jericho checkpoint, according to local media.
Israeli raids have been reported elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, including:
- The town of Burqa, north of Nablus
- The town of Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem
- Wadi al-Samn, south of Hebron, and the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron
Clashes have also been reported between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in the towns of Fahma, Arrabeh, Kafr Ra’i and Jalbun in the Jenin governorate.
Israeli military carries out arrests in the occupied West Bank
The Israeli military has carried out several arrests in the occupied West Bank in recent hours, the Wafa news agency reports. They include:
- Two people arrested in the city of Qalqilya
- One person arrested from the Shuweika suburb, north of the city of Tulkarem
- One person arrested in the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah
