Israel escalates arrest campaign in WB as several Palestinians nabbed in raids
The Israeli military has detained several more Palestinians during incursions in the occupied West Bank, amid a sharp rise in arrest campaigns in the aftermath of the Hamas-led October 7 operation against the occupied territories.
The Israeli forces stormed towns and camps in al-Khalil, Qalqilya, Bethlehem, Jericho, and Nablus, in the early hours of Wednesday, rounding up Palestinians, and destroying and ransacking their houses, while confrontations and clashes also reportedly broke out in several areas between residents and Israeli troopers.
Local media reports said that the Israeli military arrested at least six Palestinians during a raid on the Fawwar refugee camp, south of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank.
One of the arrested men, Tariq Abu Hammad, had been freed from Israeli detention only days before.
They also raided the town of Bani Naim, east of al-Khalil, and stormed the family home of prisoner Abdul Hamid Abu Jarur, according to reports.
During the storming of the Al-Kasara area in al-Khalil, Israeli forces confiscated Palestinian vehicles, Haifa-based news website Arab48 reported.
Israeli forces also arrested a Palestinian man in the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp south of Jericho.
The occupation forces stormed the al-Shuraim neighborhood in the city of Qalqilya with military vehicles and searched several homes, reports added.
They also carried out search and arrest campaigns in the al-Mansour neighborhood in the village of Azzun, east of Qalqilya.
Israeli soldiers also arrested a young Palestinian man, identified as Abdullah Muayyad Barham, in Qalqilya.
In Nablus, the occupation forces raided the villages of Yatma and Douma. They arrested a young Palestinian man, identified as Khattab Salouda, from Duma after searching his house, vandalizing its contents, and confiscating mobile phones.
Residents also told local media that Israeli drones flew intensely in the sky of the city of Nablus, especially the western region.
Palestine’s official news agency WAFA reported on Tuesday that Israeli occupation forces detained at least 10 Palestinians in multiple raids across the occupied West Bank in the cities of Bethlehem, Tulkarm, Jericho, and Ramallah.
According to the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society, a girl was among the detainees in the raids that took place on Tuesday in the occupied cities.
