Israeli forces arrest over 25 Palestinians in West Bank town of Azun

Israeli forces on Tuesday detained more than 25 young men during a raid in the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reported.

Local sources said that Israeli forces raided the neighbourhoods of Al-Mansour, Al-Safha, Al-Ghanawi, Al-Muthallath, Al-Muntar, and Omar Al-Qasim Hospital and assaulted the residents, the report said. They later converted the home of a resident into an army outpost.

The sources said the Israeli troops are tightening their military measures around the town, erecting a military checkpoint, preventing the movement of residents, and closing the Jiyous Bridge road connecting Azzun and Tulkarm with an iron gate.