On Friday morning, Israeli occupation forces launched a large-scale raid campaign targeting several governorates in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, resulting in the arrest of a number of citizens and the searching of dozens of homes.
In the Jerusalem Governorate, special forces stormed the Shuafat camp and the town of Al-Issawiya, and carried out arrests that affected at least 5 young men after raiding their homes and tampering with their contents.
The town of Silwan also witnessed a heavy deployment of occupation forces who set up a flying checkpoint and checked the identities of passersby.
In Hebron Governorate, the city and town of Dura witnessed a raid by military vehicles, as the occupation forces stormed the "Sanjar" area and arrested at least four citizens.
Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed the southern area of Hebron and arrested the two brothers, Muhammad and Ibrahim Yaqin al-Jamal, after raiding and searching their home.
She added that the occupation forces also arrested Luay Yousef Al-Amayreh and Hussein Al-Darawish during their raid on the town of Dura, southwest of Hebron.
In Nablus, the occupation forces stormed the eastern area and the town of Beita to the south.
Eyewitnesses reported clashes and attacks on occupation vehicles with homemade explosives in the town of Burqa.
The occupation army carried out extensive combing operations in the vicinity of Mount Sabih.
In the Ramallah governorate, the occupation forces stormed the village of Al-Mughayyir and the northern part of Ramallah city, where a number of young men were detained in the field and interrogated before some of them were released and others were arrested and taken to unknown locations.
In Salfit, the occupation forces arrested five citizens from the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of the city, at dawn today.
Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed the town and arrested Ubay Rabhi Mar’i, Ammar Yasser Rayyan, Ahmed Anwar Rayyan, Omar Talal Assi, and Fouad Ahmed Assi, after raiding and searching their homes.
This campaign comes in the context of an ongoing escalation, as the Prisoners Affairs Authority and the Prisoners Club indicate that the occupation has intensified its pursuit of young men on Fridays to prevent them from reaching the Al-Aqsa Mosque or participating in the weekly anti-settlement marches.
