West Bank.. Israeli army arrests 100 Palestinians north of Hebron

The Israeli army carried out a wide-ranging arrest campaign at dawn on Wednesday, targeting around 100 Palestinians from the town of Beit Ummar, north of the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, after closing all its entrances.

This comes hours after the killing of an Israeli settler and the injury of three others, one of whom is in critical condition, following a hit-and-run and stabbing incident at the "Gush Etzion" junction in the occupied West Bank, carried out by two Palestinians, one of whom is from Beit Ummar, who were shot dead by Israeli forces on the spot.

On Tuesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced in a statement that the Palestinian Civil Affairs Authority, which is the official contact with Israel, informed it of the "martyrdom of Imran Al-Atrash from Hebron, and Walid Muhammad Sabarnah from Beit Ummar, after the occupation forces shot them," near Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.

Eyewitnesses reported that a large number of Israeli army forces stormed the town of Beit Ummar at dawn on Wednesday, raiding dozens of homes, including the Sabarnah family's house, and destroying its contents.

They indicated that the army began a wide arrest operation in the town, targeting around 100 Palestinians, and turned the municipal stadium in the town into a field detention and interrogation center.

Videos showed Israeli army forces escorting bound Palestinians in the town, while the army closed all entrances to the town with dirt barriers and iron gates, preventing movement in and out of the town.

The Israeli army carried out a series of incursions targeting cities and towns in the West Bank, according to eyewitnesses.

These developments come at a time when the West Bank is witnessing an unprecedented escalation of attacks by settlers and the Israeli army against Palestinians, resulting in the deaths of at least 1,076 and injuries to about 10,700, and the arrest of more than 20,500 during the two years of the genocide in Gaza.