Eight Arrested in West Bank Raids as Israel Tightens Hebron Siege
Israeli occupation forces arrested at least eight Palestinians at dawn on Friday during raids across the West Bank, while entrances and exits to Hebron governorate were closed.
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Israeli occupation forces arrested at least eight Palestinians at dawn on Friday during raids across the West Bank, while entrances and exits to Hebron governorate were closed.
A shooting attack targeted an Israeli military tower near the Telem settlement west of Hebron, killing two soldiers and injuring four, while the two perpetrators were killed after an armed clash.
Two Palestinians were injured on Thursday after settlers assaulted them with beatings while they were picking olives in the village of Marah Rabah, south of Bethlehem.
Israel has released nine of ten settlers arrested over attacks on American photojournalist Heidi Levine and a European diplomatic delegation in the occupied West Bank, placing them under house arrest.
Israeli forces stormed Aida camp north of Bethlehem, positioned themselves near the cemetery area and fired toxic gas canisters toward residents' homes and passersby, causing a number of suffocation injuries that were treated in the field.
Settlers set fire to olive trees in the Shab'at area east of Qalqilya, while Israeli occupation forces forced farmers off their land and detained Yusuf Jum'a and several of his workers.