Israel arrests five Palestinians in dawn raids in the occupied West Bank

Israeli occupation forces raided the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya at dawn, arresting five young men after storming several neighbourhoods, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa

Local residents said Israeli troops entered from the city’s southern gate and spread through Al-Naqqar and the streets of Jaljulia and Nablus before detaining Firas Hassain, Saleh Sawi, Mo’men Jabara, Muhammad Abed and Ayman Hajjar.

Homes were ransacked and searched during the arrests, part of Israel’s ongoing campaign of intimidation and repression across the occupied territories.