The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a massive arrest campaign across the West Bank towns and cities at dawn Friday.
The IOF arrested 26 Palestinians in al-Khalil including the Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Aziz Dweik and MP Sheikh Hatem Qafisha in addition to several ex-prisoners.
In Nablus three Palestinians were shot and injured while dozens others suffered from teargas inhalation after IOF troops violently suppressed pro-Gaza rallies.
The IOF further rounded up six Palestinians in Qabatiya town in Jenin and another young man in Fawar refugee camp south of al-Khalil.
The IOF arrest campaign came in a failed attempt to abort any anticipated rallies in support of the Gaza Strip.
