State of Palestine: Israel Forces arrest Palestinians in Ramallah as settlers advance

Israeli Forces arrested several Palestinians in Ramallah, Thursday, as unrest continues between Palestinian protesters and Israeli settlers. The violence and subsequent arrests were reportedly sparked by anger over further expansion by Israeli settlers in Occupied Palestinian Territories. Specialist in illegal settlements in the Northern West Bank, Husam Daglyas, slammed the purported increase in Jewish housing and destruction of Arab owned infrastructure. "The number of new settlements has now reached 184,176 areas, with 655 thousand new settlers. Thus, thousands of settlers find themselves in occupied Palestinian lands, they have seized strategically important Palestinian areas, sources of water, and all of this carries the threat of attack. This becomes the main reason for the explosion of people's anger," stated Daglyas. Violence has escalated across the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel in recent weeks. At least 61 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli occupation forces, with over 2,120 injured. In the same period, at least nine Israelis are believed to have died as a result of attacks.