Israeli army arrests 4 Palestinians in West Bank raids

​​​​​​​By Aysar Alais and Cagri Kosak

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Israeli army detained at least 4 Palestinians in military raids in the occupied West Bank late Friday.

Soldiers arrested the Palestinians, one of them a child, during a raid in Hebron, according to the Palestinian news agency, Wafa.

Israeli soldiers closed off the entry and exit points at a checkpoint they established on Al-Shuhada Street in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood.

Additionally, in Nabi Saleh village near Ramallah, soldiers applied pressure by using sound bombs and arrested two young men who were reportedly beaten before being released.

In recent years, the Israeli military has conducted regular raids in the West Bank, which escalated with the beginning of the onslaught on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023. Palestinians have also been violently attacked by illegal Israeli settlers.

At least 812 Palestinians have since been killed and more than 6,450 injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

The escalation follows a landmark opinion in July by the International Court of Justice that declared Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian land "illegal" and demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

*Writing by Muhammed Enes Calli