Israeli army arrests 13 Palestinians as occupiers escalate attacks in West Bank

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Israelis raid the Old City area of the city of Hebron, West Bank, Palestine under the protection of Israeli forces on August 22, 2026. [Wisam Hashlamoun - Anadolu Agency]https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AA-20260822-42280063-42280052-ISRAELIS_RAID_HEBRON_UNDER_ISRAELI_FORCES_PROTECTION-scaled-e1787482372306.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" width="1200" />
The Israeli army on Sunday arrested 13 Palestinians, including a child, during raids in the occupied West Bank, amid attacks by occupiers that included the burning of property and the destruction of agricultural land, Anadolu reports.

Occupiers burned a residential room belonging to a Palestinian in the northern part of the town of Osarin, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, local sources told Anadolu.

They also set fire to a vehicle, partially burning it, and spray-painted racist slogans at the site, the sources added.

In Bethlehem, Israeli occupiers attacked the Khala’il al-Louz area east of the city, damaging irrigation pipes used for crops, cutting down trees, and damaging Palestinian property and agricultural land.

Occupiers also uprooted olive and […]

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