Nine arrested in Hebron: Report
Israeli forces have carried out a series of raids throughout the Hebron governorate in the occupied West Bank, taking nine people into custody, the Wafa news agency reports.
The raids took place in Hebron city, the town of Beit Kahil and the town of Dura, according to Wafa.
These latest arrests follow our reports of an earlier detention campaign in Nablus, where at least six people were apprehended by the Israeli military.
Israeli forces arrest 35 in latest West Bank raids: Prisoners’ group
Most of the arrests on the last day took place in the governorates of Hebron, Nablus and Ramallah, while others were in Jenin, Tubas, Jericho and Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
Among those detained were children, including a girl, said the group.
With these latest raids, Israel has made a total of 9,890 arrests in the occupied West Bank since October 7, it added.
Israeli forces injure 4 unarmed Palestinians crossing border from West Bank
At least one injured Palestinian has been arrested after Israeli forces shot and injured four residents of the occupied West Bank who were allegedly trying to cross into Israel without a permit, according to Israeli media.
Three of the four Palestinians injured in the incident managed to flee back to the town of Faqqua in the Palestinian territory, Israel’s Hayom newspaper reported, adding that they were not armed.
A growing number of West Bank residents have resorted to crossing into Israel irregularly since Israel banned issuing work permits for all Palestinians over the October 7 attack on the country led by Hamas from Gaza.
Palestinian workers in Israel, who were estimated at 22 percent of the workforce before the war, used to bring much-needed cash to the West Bank. With Israel now having banned their entry, they barely make up 2.3 percent, according to a survey by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The rate of joblessness in the occupied West Bank has reached nearly 32 percent, it said.
