Israeli forces detain 22 Palestinians as Tammun remains under siege

Israeli forces on Wednesday detained at least 22 Palestinians during a raid on Tubas city and the towns of Aqaba, Tammun and Tayasir, Al Jazeera Arabic reported, quoting the director of the Prisoner Club in Tubas, in the northern West Bank.

The military has laid siege to the town of Tammun in the Tubas Governorate, located 13 kilometres northeast of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. 

The mayor of the town said that the forces have displaced many families in Tammun, turned their homes into military barracks, and sealed the town. 

The Israeli army also cut off roads connecting the town with the rest of the West Bank, severed electricity lines and drinking water pipes.