Israeli forces arrest 8 people in West Bank

The Israeli forces arrested Wednesday six Palestinians in West Bank and two others from the Jerusalem area, injuring an elderly during their arrest, security and local sources said.In Jerusalem, Israeli police and General Security Service (shabak) arrested a father and his son aged 43 and 20, the latter is an ex-detainee, after breaking into their house in a brutal manner in Al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan, injuring the grandmother during their arrest.Head of the Jerusalemite Detainees’ Families Committee, Amjad Abu ?Asab, said that the grandmother sustained severe injuries after an Israeli forces officer slammed the door on her hand, which called for her immediate admission into a hospital.Soldiers also arrested four Palestinian workers after breaking into a building they dwelt in in Barta?a Al-Sharqeyya (Eastern Barta?a), located to the southwest of Jenin.Meanwhile, soldiers arrested two people after breaking into and searching their houses in Beit ?Awwa and Al-Fawwar camp, located respectively to the southwest and south of Hebron. They also set up checkpoints at several locations in the Hebron area, stopping vehicles and checking the passengers’ identity cards. They also broke into several residential neighborhoods as well as the commercial center in the City of Hebron, inspected people’s IDs, and searched their vehicles. Source: WAFA