Israeli forces arrest 8 Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli forces on Tuesday arrested eight Palestinians from the West Bank, two of them sisters arrested as they crossed Allenby Bridge with Jordan, according to Palestinian security sources. Israeli authorities at Allenby Bridge arrested Yasmin Tamimi, 23, and her sister Zeina, 22, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, as they were returning home coming from the Ukraine, where the two are studying medicine, said the sources. No reason was given for the arrest. Israeli forces stormed the West Bank village of Tel, southwest of Nablus, raided and searched several houses, and arrested three Palestinians, Palestinian news agency (WAFA) quoted the sources as saying. A large military force stormed Deir al-Ghosoon, north of Tulkarem, and arrested three Palestinians, including the town's former mayor Khaled Alyan.