Israeli soldiers arrest 11 Palestinians

Israeli occupation soldiers on Thursday arrested 11 Palestinians from the West Bank. Palestinian sources said that the occupation troops stormed the cities of Hebron and the village of Kofr Qadom, near the West Bank city of Nablus amid intensive fire shooting and arrested the 11 Palestinians. Israeli forces launch arrest campaigns on daily basis against Palestinians in the cities and the villages of the West Bank under unjustified pretexts. In a related development, press reports published in occupied jerusalem earlier Wednesday sadi that the Israeli military is exploring ways to end its long-established practice of arresting Palestinian suspects in night-time raids across the West Bank. According to the Jerusalem Post, the move reflects Israel’s growing sensitivity to international criticism of its operations in the Palestinian territories. According to the Jerusalem Post interview with Lt.-Col. Maurice Hirsch, the Israeli army’s chief prosecutor in the West Bank, the military will begin to issue written summons instead of sending troops to apprehend suspects of security-related offenses.