Israeli army arrests 7 Palestinians, assaults 2 in occupied West Bank raids

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Israeli forces raid the Balata Camp, closing entrances and exits and restricting the movement of residents, as three Palestinians are injured and at least six people are detained during the raids in Nablus, in the northern West Bank, Palestine, on August 20, 2026. [Nedal Eshtayah - Anadolu Agency]https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AA-20260820-42258014-42257999-THREE_PALESTINIANS_INJURED_IN_ISRAELI_RAIDS_IN_THE_WEST_BANK-2.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" width="1200" />
The Israeli army arrested seven Palestinians and assaulted two others Wednesday during raids across the occupied West Bank, while installing a gate on the only road leading to three Palestinian homes under siege by Israeli forces and occupiers in Qusra, according to Palestinian sources, Anadolu reports.

The Palestinian Prisoner Society, a non-governmental organization, said in a statement that Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians in Jenin province, including a woman and a man with a disability resulting from a previous Israeli gunshot wound, after raiding and searching their homes.

In Qalqilya province, Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian from the town of Azzun after raiding the town and searching his home.

Israeli forces also arrested a young Palestinian man from the Dheisheh refugee […]

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