Recap of latest developments in occupied West Bank
- Israeli forces have arrested Mohammad Abdel Majid, a 14-year-old Palestinian, from the village of Aboud and Hamed Srour, a 25-year-old man, from the town of Nilin, both located west of Ramallah, Palestinian sources told the Wafa news agency.
- They also stormed the town of Birzeit and raided a student housing building. No detentions were reported, Wafa said.
- Israeli settlers assaulted a young Palestinian man south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, local sources told Wafa.
- Settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, also attacked Palestinian residents in Khirbet al-Hamma in the northern Jordan Valley, according to local sources.
Israeli forces arrest 12 Palestinians near West Bank’s Nablus
At least 12 Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank towns of Asira ash-Shamaliya and Beit Furik, east of Nablus, local sources told the Wafa news agency.
The report said six people were arrested in each town after Israeli forces searched their homes.
Israeli forces arrest at least 18 Palestinians across occupied West Bank
We have reported earlier, based on the Wafa reports, that at least 12 Palestinians were arrested near Nablus overnight and this morning.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office put the number at 13 for the Nablus governorate, adding that two others were arrested in the governorate of Bethlehem and three in Salfit.
“These raids included the ransacking and destruction of property and assaults on residents,” the office said.
