Israeli forces tighten grip on West Bank town after pre-dawn raid

Israeli occupation soldiers raided the city of Qalqilya before dawn on Thursday and spread across several neighbourhoods in the northern occupied West Bank, reported the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Wafa reported that the forces concentrated their presence in the Kafr Saba neighbourhood, sealing it off and converting one home into a field interrogation centre. Soldiers detained several young residents and questioned them inside the house, while also carrying out a series of raids on other homes in the area.

Eyewitnesses said the occupation army told residents that a curfew had been imposed on Kafr Saba, ordering people to remain inside and banning all movement during the closure.

Al Jazeera Arabic confirmed that Israeli occupation forces stormed Qalqilya at dawn and dispatched additional military reinforcements towards the city.