Israeli forces storm southern West Bank town

Israeli forces stormed the town of al-Khader, south of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday evening, Wafa news agency is reporting.

Local sources said that Israeli forces barged their way into the town, deploying in the vicinity of a local mosque where they fired volleys of tear gas canisters, causing a tree to catch fire.

In the course of the raid, the soldiers reportedly briefly held and physically assaulted a 13-year-old minor.