Israeli forces have arrested 28 people in the latest raids in occupied West Bank raids, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society, which keeps a daily tally.

The majority of the arrests since last night took place in Jenin governorate, while the rest were in the governorates of Hebron, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Nablus and Jerusalem, Al Jazeera quotes the PPS as saying.

Among those apprehended were a female student and numerous former detainees. During the raids, Israeli forces doled out “severe beatings” and made threats against detainees’ families, the group added.

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