Israeli occupation forces launched a campaign of raids and arrests in the West Bank on Wednesday.

In Bethlehem, occupation forces stormed Husan, stationed themselves in several areas, raided and searched citizens' homes, and arrested a number of young men and children, taking them to the courtyard of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque, where they were interrogated before being released.

In Hebron, occupation forces raided the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, with their military vehicles, and arrested Samir Muhammad Buhais, Jibril Ahmad Makhamreh, and Naaman Ismail Shanran, after raiding and searching their homes.

The occupation forces also arrested Osama Abdullah Al-Sallal, from the town of Bani Naim, at a military checkpoint set up at the entrance to Farsh Al-Hawa in Hebron.

Media activist in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, Muhammad Awad, said that the occupation forces raided the town and arrested high school student Ahmed Musa Issa Zaqeq (17 years old) after severely beating him in front of his family.

The occupation forces also set up several military checkpoints at the entrances to Hebron, its towns, villages, and camps, and closed a number of main and secondary roads with iron gates, cement blocks, and earth mounds.

Inside the occupied territories, Israeli police arrested Raja Ighbariya, a leader in the "Sons of the Country" movement, today, Wednesday, in the city of Umm al-Fahm, inside the 1948 territories.

Local sources reported that Israeli police raided his home this morning, seizing some of its contents before taking him to Kishon Prison.