High school students among 30 arrested by Israeli forces in West Bank: monitor

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The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) says that Israeli forces arrested seven high school students in the occupied West Bank at dawn, hours before they were scheduled to take their exams this morning, according to Al Jazeera.

It added that about 30 Palestinians were arrested this morning.

The monitor explained that the arrests were concentrated in the village of Deir Istiya in the north of the occupied West Bank.

It added that based on data from the Palestinian Ministry of Education, 67 students have been prevented from taking their exams this year due to their arrest by Israeli authorities.

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