Israeli Forces Arrest About 30 Palestinians in Dheisheh Camp Amid Wide-Ranging West Bank and Jerusalem Raids

Israeli occupation forces have since dawn on Thursday carried out a wide campaign of incursions and raids across cities, towns and camps in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, accompanied by the arrest of dozens of Palestinians and the storming and searching of homes, whose contents were vandalised.

In Bethlehem, occupation forces arrested about 30 Palestinians during an incursion into Dheisheh camp south of the city, where they stormed and searched several homes, tampered with their contents and destroyed belongings.

A security source said occupation forces stormed the camp and carried out raids on homes before arresting about 30 Palestinians, after subjecting them and their houses to searches.

In Qalqilya, occupation forces arrested three young men during an incursion into the city and raids on Palestinian homes: Majid Shoubaki, released prisoner Anas Hamdan, and Haitham Salmi.

In Tubas, occupation forces stormed the city during the past night hours, deployed in several of its neighbourhoods, and raided Palestinian homes, subjecting them to searches and tampering with their contents, with no information available on the number of arrests.

In Jenin governorate, occupation forces stormed the towns of Silat al-Dahr and Zababdeh south of the governorate, while confrontations erupted with Palestinians during the incursion into Zababdeh.

The incursions extended to the towns of Bal'a and Deir al-Ghusun in Tulkarm governorate, the village of Tall southwest of Nablus, the Masayef neighbourhood of Ramallah, and the town of Deir Ballut west of Salfit, where occupation forces carried out raids and searches of homes.

The campaign comes amid an escalation in arrests and raids in the West Bank, after a day that saw 45 Palestinians arrested, including five women and two journalists, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club.