Nearly 100 Palestinians detained by Israeli army in northern West Bank raids
Israeli forces arrested around 100 Palestinians across northern West Bank cities, including Nablus, Salfit, Jenin, and East Jerusalem, amid ongoing military operations since the Gaza war began in October 2023.
- Middle East
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:41 | 10 December 2025
The Israeli army detained nearly 100 Palestinians on Wednesday in large-scale arrest campaigns across several northern West Bank cities.
Witnesses told Anadolu that Israeli forces raided Nablus, Salfit, and multiple towns in Jenin, Tulkarem, and Qalqilya, as well as Jericho and two towns in occupied East Jerusalem.
Israeli forces arrested 50 Palestinians in Nablus, 15 in Salfit, 13 in Jericho, and 20 others in East Jerusalem, some of whom were released after field interrogations, according to an Anadolu correspondent.
Among those detained in Jenin was Nasser Al-Din Al-Shaer, former Deputy Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority and Minister of Education and Higher Education in 2006-2007.
Al-Shaer was released after being held for several hours in a field interrogation.
The Israeli army has escalated its attacks in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023.
At least 1,092 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 11,000 injured in attacks by the army and illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank since October 2023. Over 21,000 people have also been arrested.
In a landmark opinion issued in July last year, the International Court of Justice declared Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.