Israel arrests 3 Palestinians across West Bank, takes over house

Israeli forces arrested early Sunday two Palestinians in Al-Issawiya town, near Jerusalem, and a third in Sourif, near Hebron, and took over a house in Jenin , according to local and security sources. One of the two arrested in Al-Issawiya is Shadi Al-Issawi, 28, a younger brother of Samer Al-Issawi, the Palestinian prisoner in Israeli prisons who is on an ongoing open hunger strike for more than 209 days in a row till this day, said witnesses. Security sources told WAFA Israeli forces arrested Rizik Khalil, 28, from the town of Sourif, near Hebron, after searching his house and tampering with its contents. Meanwhile, a house was taken over by an Israeli military unit in Yabad near Jenin, north of the West Bank. The house, owned by Palestinian Naseem Abu Baker, is under construction and was turned into a military watch tower.