Israeli army launches fresh raids across West Bank as Tubas siege continues

Israeli forces on Thursday carried out raids and arrests in the cities of Qalqilya, Tubas and Tulkarm in the northern occupied West Bank, Palestinian media have reported. 

The report said that Israeli soldiers raided a house in the Kafr Saba neighbourhood of Qalqilya, arrested a young man from his home in Tubas, and stormed the Dhannaba suburb east of Tulkarm.

Israeli forces have laid siege to the town of Tammun in the Tubas Governorate, located 13 kilometres northeast of Nablus in the West Bank, where at least 60 Palestinians have been arrested and dozens have been forcibly displaced from their homes.  

The mayor Tammun said that the forces have displaced many families, turning 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, and severed electricity lines and drinking water pipes.