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Israeli army conducts raids in occupied West Bank

The Israeli military has raided the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank as it continued to conduct arrests and displace residents for a third day. The army imposed a curfew and restricted Palestinian movement inside the area as it raided homes. Videos reviewed by Al Jazeera show several Palestinians being arrested.

Separately, the Wafa news agency reported that the military raided several homes in Qalqilya and closed all access points to the city. A curfew was imposed on the Kafr Saba neighbourhood, and residents were ordered to stay indoors.

Israeli forces arrest 13 Palestinians in West Bank

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office (ASRA) says Israeli forces have apprehended at least 13 Palestinians since the early morning hours, amid a campaign of arrests across the occupied West Bank.

Former prisoner Bajis Nakhla was arrested in the Jalazone refugee camp one month after his release from administrative detention. He had spent more than 22 years in Israeli prisons. Two former prisoners were also arrested again in Hebron, and their homes were raided.

The Israeli military also raided the city of Nablus and the surrounding villages and arrested three young men from Madama.


Seven Palestinians injured in Israeli settler attack near West Bank’s Hebron

Israeli settlers have injured seven Palestinians in an attack between the city of Halhul and the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.

The Wafa news agency reported that armed Israelis from the illegal Karmei Tzur settlement assaulted a group of farmers with stones, clubs and pepper spray, in an attempt to reach Palestinian land in the Wardan area. The injured farmers were taken by ambulance to the Mahmoud Abbas Governmental Hospital in Halhul.


Palestinian man, daughter injured in Israeli settler attack near Nablus

A Palestinian man and his daughter have been injured by Israeli settlers who attacked them and set their car on fire near the village of al-Lubban Asharqiya in the occupied West Bank, on the road between Ramallah and Nablus. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its staff treated the injured man and his daughter before transporting them to hospital, according to the Wafa news agency.

Armed settlers also stormed the village of Berin, southeast of Hebron, threatening residents to forcibly expel them from the area. The group came from a recently established illegal Israeli outpost, Adurin, according to Wafa.

Settlers also stormed the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, under the protection of the Israeli army. The West Bank town, home to a Roman-era archaeological site, has come under repeated settler attack as Israel’s Civil Administration proceeds to expropriate large swaths of Palestinian land.