Israeli occupation forces launched carried out a wave of arrests of Palestinians across the West Bank on Thursday morning.

In the village of Qibya in the Ramallah district, Israeli troops arrested four men, as well as another Palestinian in the nearby town of Birzeit.

In a separate operation in the Nablus Governorate, two former prisoners were also detained - one on Amman Street and another in the town of Awarta. There were separate reports of resistance fighters firing toward Israeli troops in Nablus, with no injuries reported. 

In the town of Sa'ir near Hebron, another ex-prisoner was arrested during an Israeli raid on his home.