The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested 60 Palestinians in pre-dawn raids across the West Bank including a woman and an MP.
The arrests were accompanied by violent raid and search campaigns in Bethlehem al-Khalil and Nablus Jenin Salfit Tulkarem Ramallah and Occupied Jerusalem.
The IOF arrested 17 Palestinians in Bethlehem and 11 others in al-Khalil. 11 more Palestinians were rounded up in Nablus and six others in Jenin.
In Tulkarem four youths were detained including two ex-prisoners while three others were kidnapped in Ramallah.
Since Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas started its military operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” against the Israeli army the IOF has escalated its arrest campaigns in the West Bank and Jerusalem kidnapping hundreds of Palestinians including citizens from Gaza and workers in 1948 Occupied Palestine.
Since the start of the year 6500 Palestinians have been arrested in Israeli daily raids in the West Bank towns and cities.
