The occupation forces arrested 8 Palestinians, including a woman, in the West Bank and forced 550 students to leave their schools in East Jerusalem.

The occupation forces arrested 8 Palestinians, including a woman, in the West Bank and forced 550 students to leave their schools in East Jerusalem.





Anadolu Agency sources reported that Israeli forces stormed the town of Beitunia, west of Ramallah, in the central West Bank, and arrested the wife of prisoner Bader Armoush after raiding her home, days after her husband's arrest.

In Hebron, in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces arrested five Palestinians from the southern part of the city and the town of Ash-Shuyukh in the north.

In turn, the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that occupation forces arrested four Palestinians during a raid on the southern part of the city, searched their homes, and ransacked their contents.

In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, the occupation forces arrested two other young men after raiding their homes in the city, according to WAFA.

Israel holds approximately 9,900 Palestinians in its prisons, including nearly 400 children and 29 female prisoners, according to official Palestinian data, which does not include the thousands of cases of "enforced disappearance" of detainees from the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 104th day, and on the Nur Shams camp for the 91st day, amid an escalation that includes repeated raids, arrests, and home evictions.

WAFA reported explosions, heavy gunfire, and sound bombs during the early hours of Saturday morning as forces imposed a tight siege on the two camps.

Last week, Nur Shams camp witnessed extensive demolitions as part of a plan targeting 106 buildings in Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, amid tension and anticipation of a new wave of demolitions.

Intensive movements of occupation vehicles were also observed at night in the streets of Tulkarm, especially in the eastern neighborhood and around the Martyr Thabet Thabet Hospital. 

In East Jerusalem, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) reported today that 550 Palestinian students left their schools after forces stormed UNRWA schools in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem on May 8.

UNRWA said that "heavily armed Israeli forces entered three UNRWA schools in the Shuafat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday, with the intent of enforcing illegal closure orders issued one month ago," forcing it to evacuate all children across the six schools it operates in East Jerusalem.

The UNRWA Commissioner-General said in a post on the X platform that "what happened was an attack on children, an attack on education, and a sad day in occupied East Jerusalem," stressing that these schools are affiliated with the United Nations and "their sanctity must not be violated."

"This action has left nearly 800 children, some as young as six, in a state of shock and anxiety," he added. 

On Thursday, Israeli occupation police raided six UNRWA schools in occupied East Jerusalem and forcibly evacuated them, implementing a previously issued order to close them. The move sparked Palestinian anger, which they described as a "direct violation of educational rights and the symbolism of the Palestinian presence in the occupied city."

Israeli authorities issued a decision to close the schools in early April, claiming they lacked legal permits. Three schools are located in the Shuafat refugee camp, while the others are located in the villages of Wadi al-Joz, Silwan, and Sur Baher.

On January 26, 2025, Israel ordered UNRWA to evacuate all its buildings in occupied East Jerusalem and cease operations there by January 30 of the same year. It later gave its schools until May 8 of the same year to close.

UNRWA provides aid, health, and education services to millions of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as Palestinian refugees in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan.


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