Israel detains more than 70 in West Bank after deadly clashes

MAP Verified Summary — reported by The Hill

Israeli forces detained more than 70 people across the occupied West Bank overnight Friday and into Saturday after violence in a northern Palestinian village killed two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians. According to The Associated Press, the Israeli military said in a statement that troops searched more than 300 locations and arrested people it described as Hamas affiliates, arms traffickers and other suspected militants. The military said 11 of those who were detained were arrested in Tell in the northern West Bank, where Friday’s deadly clashes occurred.

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