RAMALLAH, Wednesday, May 12, 2021 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation forces detained around 40 Palestinians in overnight and early morning raids in the occupied West Bank, most of them are former detainees, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).

Soldiers detained at least seven Palestinians from various towns and refugee camps in the district of Hebron in the south of the West Bank, including a journalist who was covering the protests in Hebron city.

The soldiers earlier killed a Palestinian man in Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, and injured another during a raid of the camp, where arrests were also made.

Seven others were detained in the Nablus district towns, and two more in the Tulkarm district, both in the north of the West Bank.

Arrests were also reported in Tubas, where a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed by soldiers earlier today, and in Qalqilya, as well as other districts in the West Bank.

M.K.