Israeli forces carried out at least 14 arrests across the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reports, citing Palestinian Wafa news agency.

Those arrested include, eight people in Tulkarem City; four people, including three minors, in East Jerusalem; one person in the town of Idna, west of Hebron; and one young man in Beit Amrin, west of Nablus.

In addition, Israeli troops stormed several areas of the Bethlehem governorate with clashes breaking out in the Dheisheh refugee camp, where Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas, according to Wafa.

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