Israeli forces have escalated their attacks across the northern occupied West Bank with fresh assaults on the town of Qalqilya.

The Israeli military stormed the eastern entrance of Qalqilya at dawn on Thursday morning before deploying soldiers through several neighborhoods and establishing what local reports have described as a tight cordon around one, Kafr Saba.

According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli forces conducted raids on a number of homes in the neighbourhood, including some belonging to the families of Palestinians detained or previously killed by Israeli forces. One of the houses raided belongs to the family of Muhammad Barahmeh, who was shot and killed last year by Israeli forces.

The military also turned one house into a makeshift interrogation site, Wafa repor

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