Israeli forces arrest 15 Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli forces Wednesday arrested 15 Palestinians from across the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to local and security sources. They said that forces arrested a Palestinian from the Jenin area after raiding and searching his family home. Forces also stormed the village of al-Fandaqumiya in Jenin, raided and searched several houses and interrogated their residents. Meanwhile, a large Israeli military force stormed Nour Shams refugee camp and the neighborhood of Thinnaba, both east of Tulkarem, arrested two Palestinians age 24 and 26 after raiding and searching their homes and confiscated a number of computers. Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of settlements file at the Palestinian Authority in the northern part of the West Bank, said forces stormed Khirbet Tana, a locale east of Nablus, after being besieged for hours by armed settlers and arrested five Palestinians. They also beat up a Palestinian causing him bruises throughout his body. Four Palestinians were also arrested from other parts of the West Bank, said the security sources but without giving specific details. In Gaza, Israeli navy boats intercepted a Palestinian fishing boat outside the Gaza shores and arrested three fishermen.