Arrests and raids in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and turning homes into military barracks

Israeli occupation forces escalated their campaign of incursions and raids in the West Bank and Jerusalem early Tuesday, focusing on the town of Dura south of Hebron, where they arrested 21 Palestinians, including journalist Muntaser Nassar and Fatah secretary Iyad Ryan al-Sharawna, and forced a family to evacuate their home in al-Burj village before turning it into a military barracks.

Israeli occupation forces escalated their campaign of incursions and raids in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem early Tuesday, focusing on the town of Dura south of Hebron, where they arrested 21 Palestinians, including journalist Muntaser Nassar and Fatah secretary for the southern Hebron region Iyad Ryan al-Sharawna, in addition to a number of former prisoners. The forces raided several homes, searched them, and tampered with their contents before transferring the detainees to an unknown location. In al-Burj village south of Hebron, occupation forces forced the family of Abdul Jalil Khalil al-Talahma to evacuate their home before seizing it and turning it into a military barracks; the home shelters three families comprising 15 individuals, most of them children. Clashes also broke out with occupation forces in al-Arroub refugee camp north of Hebron.