Israel arrests 15 West Bank Palestinians

Published January 11th, 2023 - 08:13 GMT
Israeli soldiers
Israeli soldiers take position during clashes with Palestinian youths during clashes on June,11 2021, in the village of Silwad, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, following a protest against Israeli settlements and demanding to hand over the bodies of Palestinians detained by the army. / AFP / ABBAS MOMANI

ALBAWABA - Israeli forces continue to arrest Palestinians throughout the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

According to the Palestinian WAFA news agency, Israeli forces arrested 15 Palestinians in various parts of the West Bank on Wednesday.

Palestinian media reports said that the arrests included two pupils who were on their way to school in the town of  Tuqu near Bethlehem. Other arrests took place in Beit Ummar, north of the West Bank city of Hebron; Beit Rima near Ramallah and in Yabad, near Jenin and Nablus. 

 

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