Occupied Jerusalem, June 10 (SANA) Israeli forces arrested 13 Palestinians, including a woman, during extensive raids carried out at dawn on Wednesday across several towns and villages in the occupied West Bank.
According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, ten Palestinians were detained in the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem, after Israeli forces stormed homes and conducted searches. Another young man was arrested in the village of Ras Karkar, west of Ramallah, where several residents were also assaulted during the raid.
In the village of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah, Israeli forces stormed the area, temporarily detained three residents, and fired sound bombs and tear gas toward homes, causing a fire near one house without reported injuries.
In Nablus, Israeli forces raided the villages of Beit Iba and Burqa, searched several homes, and arrested a woman and a young man. They also continued to hold a house in the village of Jinsafut, north of Nablus, which was turned into a military post for the second consecutive day.
In Jenin, Israeli forces stormed the town of Arraba, raided multiple homes, detained and interrogated several residents, and converted one house into a field interrogation center and military post. Raids also extended to the town of Bir al-Basha, while military vehicles were deployed across the villages of Marka, Anza, Jaba’, and Fahma, carrying out further searches.
Israeli bulldozers closed all access roads leading to the agricultural plain of Arraba, isolating one of the largest farming areas in the northern West Bank. Farmers said the roads had long served as vital routes for agricultural activity and warned that the closures would disrupt daily farming operations and further isolate farmland already affected by barriers and earth mounds.
Meanwhile, Israeli settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles near the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem, overnight and blocked the main road. Residents said settler attacks have increased in recent weeks, including assaults on homes and vehicles.
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