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On Sunday evening, the Israeli army detained two Palestinians and held a foreign solidarity activist, firing bullets and gas bombs during its raid on several towns and villages in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian official news agency "WAFA" said that the Israeli army held a foreign solidarity activist and his vehicle at a checkpoint on the western entrance to Mughayir village, northeast of Ramallah, in central the West Bank.
It added that the detention coincided with the tightening of military measures at the checkpoint, causing a severe traffic crisis and disrupting the movement of citizens, without clarifying the fate of the foreign solidarity activist.
In southern the West Bank, Palestinian Governmental Television said that the Israeli army detained a Palestinian during its raid on Tala village, south of Hebron city.
WAFA also reported that an Israeli force raided Kafr Ein village, northwest of Ramallah, and fired live bullets, without reporting any injuries.
It explained that the forces detained the Palestinian youth, Shaheed Mustafa Yousef Maatn (23 years old), a former prisoner, while he was working at a private school in Rumman village.
In northeast Jerusalem, the Israeli army raided Anata town with a number of military vehicles, and spread out in several of its streets and neighborhoods, according to the agency.
In Jenin Governorate, northern the West Bank, Israeli forces raided Fuqu'a and Funduquqiya villages, and raided a house in Arrabah town, according to Voice of Palestine Governmental Radio.
Since the start of Israel's genocidal war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, its army and settlers have escalated their attacks in the West Bank, resulting in the killing of more than 1190 Palestinians and the injury of more than 13,000, according to official Palestinian data.
The current Israeli government, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, has intensified steps to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank since its formation in late 2022, approving the establishment of 104 new settlements since then.
Israel has occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since 1967, while Israeli settlements built on occupied Palestinian land are considered illegal under international law.
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