Dozens of Palestinians detained by Israeli army amid illegal settlers assaults in occupied West Bank
ISTANBUL
The Israeli army launched a large-scale arrest campaign in the occupied West Bank as illegal settler attacks continued to target Palestinians and their properties on Sunday, according to local media.
The official news agency Wafa reported that the Israeli army has detained at least 42 people since Saturday night in the various areas of the Salfit governorate, northern West Bank.
The illegal Israeli settlers destroyed four vehicles belonging to Palestinians in eastern Salfit.
Four people were arrested by the Israeli forces in two Nablus villages on early Sunday. One of them was injured, Wafa said, without providing more details on his condition.
The Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters towards locals in the al-Lubban al-Sharqiya town of Nablus, causing several people to suffer from suffocation.
A group of illegal Israeli settlers raided the al-Masoudieh area in Nablus, vandalizing Palestinians’ properties.
Three people were detained in Ramallah during an Israeli raid on two villages.
A young Palestinian was detained after being beaten by the soldiers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of the occupied East Jerusalem.
Five others, including two ex-prisoners, were arrested in Bethlehem, in the southern West Bank, after their houses were searched by the Israeli forces.
The Israeli army has escalated its attacks in the West Bank since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023.
More than 1,085 Palestinians have since been killed, and 10,700 others injured in attacks by the army and illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied territory. More than 20,500 people have also been arrested.
In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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