Israeli forces arrested 45 Palestinians in West Bank: Prisoners’ groups
At least 45 Palestinians, including a child and two women, have been arrested by Israeli forces across the occupied West Bank since yesterday evening until this morning, according to prisoners’ groups.
The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said the arrests were made in the governorates of Hebron, Nablus, Tubas, Tulkarem, Ramallah, and Jerusalem.
They also said in a statement that the arrests were accompanied by widespread raids and abuse, attacks and threats against the detainees and their families, in addition to acts of vandalism and destruction in Palestinian citizens’ homes.
In addition, Israeli forces carried out field investigations of about 25 citizens in the town of Sa’ir in the Hebron governorate, leading to two detentions, the groups said.
Israeli forces fire tear gas at teachers, students at West Bank school
A number of teachers and students suffered injuries after inhaling tear gas that Israeli soldiers launched at the Kisan School east of Bethlehem, Wafa news agency reports.
Palestinians at the school were reportedly throwing stones at military vehicles when troops launched the barrage of gas.
Violence has intensified in the occupied West Bank in recent days with Israeli settlers carrying out a series of arson attacks after Palestinian gunmen killed three Israelis near an illegal settlement.
Access to healthcare in Hebron’s H2 area ‘seriously compromised’: MSF
Doctors Without Borders, also known as Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), says Hebron’s H2 area, which is under complete Israeli military control, is one of the most restricted places in the occupied West Bank.
In a statement, the charity said it has been “forced to suspend activities for several months inside H2”.
“We are warning that access to healthcare is seriously compromised and that people’s mental and physical health is at risk and deteriorating,” it said.
Chloe Janssen, MSF project coordinator, said that while teams can provide care in a clinic in the Jaber neighbourhood, “access remains challenging as our staff can be searched and delayed at the checkpoints to enter the H2 area”.
“Access to medical care should never be arbitrarily denied, impeded or blocked,” Janssen said.
In Hebron’s H2, 700 Israeli settlers get military protection while 35,000 Palestinians can be shot if they step outside