Israeli forces arrested two Palestinian in Bethlehem and Hebron areas in the West Bank on Saturday morning, a Palestinian source reported.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Hebron said Israeli forces invaded Al-Arroub Refugee camp near Hebron and arrested Tareq Balasi, 20 and searched several houses in the camp.
Palestinian Security source said Mahmoud Obayat, 23 was arrested in Bethlehem when Israeli troops stopped the car he was riding on a military roadblock on the Bethlehem-Hebron road.
Obayat is a security officer who works in Hebron and brother of Raed Obayat who was assassinated by a special Israeli army unit in Beit Sahour earlier in April.
In a separate incident, Israeli troops occupied a house in the town of Yatta near Hebron and turned it into a military post. The soldiers locked the 18-member-family in one of the rooms of the house.
The house, which belongs to Radi Al-Jabarin and is located in the east of the town, was used by the military as a base for their military operation in the town during which they searched several houses.
