Israeli occupation forces arrest at least 24 Palestinians from the West Bank

Israeli occupation forces arrested at least 24 Palestinians from several cities and towns in the West Bank on Wednesday.

The Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported that Israeli occupation forces arrested 16 Palestinians, including a child, from the Hebron Governorate, south of the West Bank. The agency noted that occupation forces severely beat and abused a number of the detainees during raids on their homes.

It added that occupation forces arrested five Palestinians from the city of Nablus and the Balata refugee camp after searching their homes. They also arrested a young man from the city of Qalqilya after raiding and searching his home. They also arrested a citizen from the Umm al-Sharayet neighborhood in the city of al-Bireh. They also arrested a young man from the town of Ya'bad, south of Jenin, hours after his release from Israeli prisons.

In the same context, the occupation forces set up several military checkpoints at the entrances to Hebron and some of its towns and camps, and closed off main and secondary roads with iron gates, cement blocks, and earth mounds.

The occupation forces also raided the town of Tuqu' and the village of al-Jab'a in the Bethlehem Governorate, raiding and searching two homes.