Citing local sources, Palestinian news agency WAFA said that Israeli forces stormed the city of Nablus on Saturday, raided several homes, and then arrested the two young men named Awni Al-Shakhshir and Ibrahim Al-Fino.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society said on Wednesday that Israeli forces had arrested at least 20 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, since Tuesday evening.
The group said those detained included five women: Jamila Abu Dahou and Jamila Kanaan from Ramallah, released prisoner Maysar Al-Faqih, Faten Hanaysheh from Nablus and Ataf Bader from Hebron.
Israeli forces also arrested journalist Hassan Abdel Jawad from Bethlehem, it added.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said Israel has sharply escalated arrests and field interrogations since the start of the Gaza genocide in October 2023, targeting different sections of Palestinian society as part of a policy of collective punishment and revenge.
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