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Wed 18 Jun 2025 8:50 am - Jerusalem Time

The occupation forces launched a campaign of raids and arrests in the West Bank and Jerusalem.

Israeli occupation forces launched a campaign of raids and arrests in various areas of the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem at dawn and early Wednesday morning.

In Hebron, the occupation forces arrested: Muhammad Yusuf Ishaq Barqan from the city of Hebron, Omar Muhsin from Al-Arroub camp, Basem Muhammad Badawi Al-Zahour, Amir Fadl Ayed Asafreh, and the two children Azmi Muslim Asafreh and Taqi Muhammad Ismail Asafreh, from the town of Beit Kahil, northwest of Hebron, both of whom are 14 years old.

Meanwhile, the forces arrested Gabriel Al-Amour from the town of Yatta, and five children from the village of Khursa, southwest of Hebron, namely: Marwan Murad Hamdan, Omar Raed Tabish, Mu'ayyad Muhammad Tabish, Muhammad Hassan Tabish, and Wadih Hatem Hantash.

From the town of Dura, the occupation forces arrested Younis Al-Fasfous and the elderly pediatrician Abdul Rahim Al-Namoura.

Meanwhile, the occupation forces raided the town's Al-Dhahr and Shaab Al-Sir neighborhoods with their military vehicles, and arrested two high school students: Ali Safi Muhammad Al-Salibi and Hamed Muhammad Hassan Awad.

In Salfit, the occupation forces carried out a large-scale raid campaign that included a number of citizens’ homes, accompanied by searching and vandalizing the contents, before arresting each of: journalist Khaled Amin Maali, Hussam Abdullah Shaheen, Yasar Ahmed Shtayyeh, Nasser Rajab, Bilal Tayseer Shaheen, Abdul Rahim Tayseer Shaheen, Abdul Rahman Tayseer Shaheen, Rawdi Maazoz Yassin, Abdul Rahman Izz al-Din Fattash, Muhammad Abdul Fattah Maali, Osama Abdul Hadi Dawahqa, Wael Hassan, Wael Yassin, Hamza Imad Abu Zaher, and Sami Ali Abu Zaher.

In occupied Jerusalem, occupation forces arrested Maher Ayed Rabie after raiding and searching his home in the town of Beit Anan.

Meanwhile, the occupation forces stormed the neighbouring towns of Al-Qubayba and Biddu.

In Qalqilya, the occupation forces arrested Hashem Shraim, Mahdi Jaber, Mujahid and Aref Nofal, Islam Qashou, Yousef Al-Baz, Anwar Al-Aqraa, Wael Khalifa, Ghassan Jibril, and Izz Salmi, after raiding their homes, searching them, and vandalizing their contents.

Israeli occupation forces stormed the city from its eastern entrance, deploying in several neighborhoods, including Kafr Saba, al-Naqqar, Jaljulia Street, and al-Nafaq. They destroyed memorials to the martyrs Jamal Abu Haniyeh and Ali Khalil in the city, before withdrawing after a six-hour raid.

In Ramallah, the occupation forces arrested the freed man Tawfiq Abu Arqoub, the freed man Ahmed Adeeb Al-Saifi (35), Omar Hosha, Wadih Sami Nasser (30), and Muhammad Khalil Issaoui, after storming their homes and tampering with their contents in the town of Birzeit.

For the second day in a row, the occupation forces continued to seize a house in Birzeit, turning it into a military barracks and raising the flag of the occupying state over it.

In Bethlehem, the occupation forces attacked the young man Ali Hamza Hajajleh (22 years old) and fired live bullets at him from a close range after raiding his family's home and arresting him in the village of Al-Walaja. His injuries were described as serious.

The occupation forces also assaulted the young man, Baha Khaled Al-Atrash, during a raid on his home in the village.

The occupation forces also arrested the young man Ahmed Naim Muhammad Abu Khader (20 years old) from Aida camp in the north.

In Nablus, a number of occupation military vehicles stormed Balata camp, surrounded its entrances, and prevented entry and exit, while snipers were positioned on the roofs of some homes.

The sources indicated that occupation soldiers raided several homes, ransacked their contents, and forced some families to evacuate their homes, turning them into military barracks and detention and field investigation centers.

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