Israeli forces make mass arrests near Hebron, target relatives of slain Palestinian

Israeli military detained more than 40 Palestinians in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, as the forces continue to raid homes since Wednesday morning, Al Jazeera reported. 

Israeli forces also stormed the homes of relatives of Imran al-Atrash in Hebron and arrested a number of them. Al-Atrash was killed by Israeli fire near Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.

Israel said he was one of the perpetrators of the car-ramming and stabbing attack at the Gush Etzion junction in the southern West Bank on Tuesday.