Israeli occupation forces arrest 15 Palestinians in Bethlehem

OCCUPIED PALESTINE, Dec. 26 (YPA) – Israeli occupation forces arrested on Tuesday 15 Palestinian civilians, including two girls and a journalist from the Bethlehem governorate in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian sources reported.

According to the sources in the town of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a journalist and ten Palestinian youths from the city.

In Aida refugee camp in the north, the occupation forces arrested two brothers, one of them a freed prisoner, after raiding and searching their parents’ house.

Meanwhile, clashes erupted in the camp, during which the Israeli occupation forces fired bullets and tear gas canisters, but no injuries were reported.

In the southern town of al-Khader, two freed prisoners were arrested after raiding and searching their homes.

E.M