Occupied Jerusalem and Ramallah, April 6 (Petra) – Israeli occupation forces on Monday searched homes and arrested 20 Palestinians during raids across the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club.

It said in a statement that troops detained the "wanted" people as they stormed dozens of homes in a number of towns and villages, and held people for hours for questioning.

Also today, Jewish settlers burned down a house and two tents, damaged three vehicles and assaulted residents in the village of Lubban al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

Head of the local council, Yaqoub Awais, said the settlers assaulted people and two were being hospitalized.

//Petra//SS