Widespread occupation campaign in the West Bank.. arrests include a deputy and citizens in several cities and towns

On Monday, occupation forces launched a widespread campaign of raids and arrests in several towns and cities in the West Bank, affecting a number of citizens, including a deputy in the Palestinian Legislative Council.

Palestinian sources reported that occupation forces stormed the towns of Allar and Seida, north of Tulkarm, where they raided and searched citizens' homes and assaulted their residents, while the deputy was arrested after his home in Seida was stormed.

In Nablus, occupation forces raided several homes in Balata refugee camp, east of the city, searched them, and assaulted their residents, resulting in five injuries, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, who were transferred to the hospital for treatment.

Occupation forces also launched campaigns in Ramallah Governorate, where they arrested Ibrahim Khaled Abu Ayoush and the boy Amir Barghouti after storming the town of Kafr, north of the governorate, and arrested the released prisoner Samed Afaneh in Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.

In Hebron Governorate, occupation forces carried out raids in the town of Halhul and the town of Beit Ummar, north of the governorate, resulting in the arrest of several young men, including Issam Hani Abu Rayyan, Khalifa Al-Qashqish, and the boy Youssef Zuhdi Awad, with some citizens being assaulted during the incursions.

This campaign comes in the context of continuous escalation by the occupation in the West Bank, including widespread arrests and raids on Palestinian homes, amid widespread local condemnation of these measures.