Israeli forces overnight stormed the city of Nablus and the nearby al-Ein refugee camp in occupied West Bank, raiding and causing damage to homes before arresting four people, Al Jazeera reports, citing Wafa.

They also carried out raids in several towns near Bethlehem and Hizma, near Jerusalem, where they shut off several entrances to the town and “dropped threatening leaflets to citizens”, according to Wafa.

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