Israeli forces arrest at least 9 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office (ASRA) has released a statement on the wide-scale arrests of Palestinians by Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Here is summary of what the organisation said:
- One person was arrested from Yabad town in the Jenin governorate.
- Four people were arrested in Dura city of the Hebron governorate.
- Two people were arrested from the Umm ash-Sharayet neighbourhood in the Ramallah governorate’s el-Bireh city.
- Two people were arrested from the town of Beit Sahour in the Bethlehem governorate.
Israeli army blocks journalists from touring occupied West Bank villages
Israeli soldiers have barred journalists from entering villages in the occupied West Bank on a planned tour organised by the directors of the Oscar-winning movie No Other Land.
The directors of the film, which focuses on Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied territory, said they had invited the journalists on Monday’s tour to interview residents about increasing settler violence in the area.
In a video posted on X by the film’s co-director, Yuval Abraham, an Israeli soldier tells a group of international journalists there is “no passage” in the area because of a military order.
Basel Adra, a Palestinian co-director of the film who lives in the area, said the military then blocked the journalists from entering two Palestinian villages they had hoped to visit.
“They don’t want journalists to visit the villages to meet the residents,” said Adra, who had invited the journalists to his home. “It’s clear they don’t want the world to see what is happening here.”
After the army destroyed a village and allowed settlers to invade it, they are now blocking our tour with dozens of international journalists saying they’re not allowed to enter Masafer Yatta and visit @basel_adra home. pic.twitter.com/1wEek6BeA6
— Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם (@yuval_abraham) June 2, 2025
