Palestinians injured and arrested in Israeli raids across West Bank, 3,361 displaced in Hebron

Israeli forces and settlers have escalated raids, attacks and arrests across the occupied West Bank, restricting Palestinian movement, carrying out arrests and demolishing homes.

A military offensive and siege on the Hebron governorate has entered its seventh day, an operation that has displaced or besieged hundreds of Palestinian families and kept tens of thousands of students out of classrooms.

In the Qalandiya refugee camp just north of occupied East Jerusalem, an Israeli raid triggered clashes on Thursday. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its teams treated a 15-year-old boy who was shot with live ammunition in both legs.

The Red Crescent also said a 12-year-old child was injured by live-bullet fragments. Both were taken to hospital.

In the village of al-Maniya, southeast of Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers and settlers beat disabled Palestinian Mohammad Ahmad Ayesh Thawabta, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

In the northern West Bank, Israeli forces detained 13 Palestinians, including three brothers, in raids before dawn on Thursday, the Palestinian Prisoners Media Office and local sources said. Most of the raids were in the Nablus governorate, where soldiers searched homes.

Israeli forces continued raids and closures in Hebron that began last week after two Israeli soldiers were killed in a gun attack. Both Palestinian suspects were also killed.

Hebron Governor Khaled Dudin said on Thursday that 537 families, comprising 3,361 people, have been forced from their homes, Wafa reported.

They include 232 infants, 326 older people, 147 pregnant or breastfeeding women and 213 people with chronic illnesses, the governor said. Municipal figures put the total number affected, including those under siege, at about 5,000 people from 780 families.

Dudin said the offensive has disrupted education for about 262,000 students across 589 schools in the governorate this week, forcing schools to move to remote learning. Officials estimated daily economic losses at 10 million to 12 million shekels, or $3.2m to $3.9m.

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society said Israeli forces detained 110 Palestinians in the governorate from Friday to Wednesday.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Israeli forces are still operating in Hebron, blocking access and imposing tight restrictions on movement across the governorate, disrupting Palestinians' access to livelihoods, education and healthcare, and that most displaced families are staying with relatives.