Israeli forces on Wednesday raided a mosque in the town of Deir Sharaf, to the west of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

Eyewitnesses said that a large unit of Israeli forces raided the Abu Baker Al-Sadiq mosque, summoned the Imam of the mosque, and searched a number of nearby stores. The soldiers also prevented citizens from approaching the site.

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Meanwhile, the Israeli troops intensified their measures at the town’s entrance and at the roundabout leading to the Jenin and Tulkarm governorates, placing more cement cubes.

Israeli forces on a regular basis storm Palestinian cities and villages in the occupied West Bank to arrest Palestinian popular activists.

(WAFA, PC)