Israeli forces carry out raids across occupied West Bank
The Israeli military has carried out raids across the occupied West Bank in recent hours, according to local media reports. Locations include:
- The town of Faroun, south of Tulkarem, and the suburbs of Ezbet al-Jarad, Thinnabeh and Artah, south and east of the city
- The town of Turmus Aya and the village of Abu Falah, east of Ramallah
- The village of Kafr Nima, west of Ramallah
- The village of Jouret al-Sham’a, south of Bethlehem
- The Qalandiya camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem
- The Fawar camp, south of Hebron, where a man has been arrested.
Israeli army closes road in Hebron, blocking students from going to school: Report
Israeli forces closed an access road with barbed wire in the old city of Hebron this morning, blocking students from reaching the Ziad Jaber Elementary School, Wafa reported.
Aref Jaber, a local rights activist, reported that the blocked road left more than 40 students stranded near the street, less than 30 metres (0.2 miles) from their school, unable to reach it.
Jaber added that these types of closures often occur during Jewish holidays to facilitate the passage of Israeli settlers to the Ibrahimi Mosque in the heart of the city.
Sixteen Palestinians arrested in the occupied West Bank
At least 16 Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank since Saturday night, including a child and former prisoners, Palestinian prisoner advocacy organisations reported.
The Palestinian Authority’s Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees and the Prisoner’s Society said in a joint statement that the arrests occurred in the Ramallah, Nablus, Tubas, Salfit, and Hebron provinces.
Israeli forces on Saturday carried out a large-scale incursion into the Fawwar camp south of Hebron, conducting field interrogations of dozens of citizens who were later released.
Since the war on Gaza began last year, 11,500 Palestinians have been detained by Israeli forces from the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
Israeli settlers steal Palestinian olive harvest near Ramallah: Report
A group of Israeli settlers accompanied by Israeli forces targeted the olive harvests of local Palestinian farmers in the village of Mughayer, northeast of Ramallah, the Wafa news agency reported.
Dozens of settlers stormed the village and picked olives from trees belonging to local Palestinians, stealing their harvest, local sources said.
According to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, the occupied West Bank experienced a significant increase in violence against Palestinian olive farmers during the previous month, with 360 attacks, mostly in Nablus. This included 245 acts of vandalism, theft, and the uprooting of 1,401 trees, Wafa reported.
