NABLUS: Israeli forces Monday evening detained two Palestinians from Aqraba village, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to security sources.

They said that undercover Israeli forces, known as Musta’ribeen, assaulted two local herders who were grazing their sheep in the vicinity of the village, inflicting bruises across their bodies.

Israeli soldiers arrived at the scene and rounded up the herders.

Meanwhile, the gun-toting soldiers re-arrested a former prisoner from Jaba’ town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, after stopping him at a military checkpoint near Ramallah.

Earlier, soldiers detained three others and ransacked several houses in Artas village, southwest of Bethlehem, turning them upside down, as confirmed by the head of Artas Village Council, Samir Abu Soy.

This came as another was rounded up from al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem.

In the predawn hours, the occupation forces detained 22 Palestinians, including four women, from different parts of the occupi
ed West Bank.

This brings the total of Palestinians detained on Monday to 29 and the number of those detained since October 7th to about 7930.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA