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Israeli forces shoot, arrest Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

The Wafa news agency is reporting that Israeli forces have opened fire during raids across the occupied West Bank overnight, wounding at least two people.

In the town of Anabta, in Tulkarem, a young man was shot in the hand by Israeli soldiers. Israeli forces arrested and assaulted a number of young men during the raid.

In the town of al-Issawiya, near occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces shot and injured a young man before arresting him.

Israeli forces also stormed the cities of Qalqilya and Tubas and the town of Tammun, where they raided several homes.

Israeli forces raid home of deported prisoner in West Bank

The Israeli military has carried out a series of overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, storming several neighbourhoods and villages in the cities of Ramallah, el-Bireh, and Hebron, according to Wafa.

Israeli troops raided the home of Issam al-Froukh – a freed Palestinian recently sent to Gaza – in the Ein Munjid neighbourhood of Ramallah, ransacking its contents.

At least seven homes were raided in the village of Deir Ibzi, west of Ramallah, where residents were subjected to field interrogations. Israeli forces entered the village of Ein Arik and the town of Nilin, also west of the city.

Israeli settlers also set fire to a vehicle in the town of Beitin, east of Ramallah, at dawn. Elsewhere in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces raided the towns of Idhna and al-Koum, west of Hebron, and turned two homes into military barracks.

Earlier, we reported that Israeli forces opened fire, wounding at least two people and arresting several others in Tulkarem and in al-Issawiya, near occupied East Jerusalem.