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Israeli occupation forces arrested 25 Palestinians during a widespread campaign of raids across several areas of the occupied West Bank, breaking into dozens of homes, searching them and ransacking their contents.

In a statement issued Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said the forces raided several areas amid heavy gunfire and arrested 25 Palestinians, alleging they were wanted.

In Kobar, north of Ramallah, Israeli forces stormed the town and converted a Palestinian home into a military barracks.

Basel Abu al-Haj, a member of Kobar's municipal council, said an Israeli army patrol forcibly evacuated the house and turned it into a military position.

He added that the incursion prevented schoolchildren from reaching their schools.

Meanwhile, in al-Hijra village, in Dura south of Hebron, Israeli forces demolished a house and a water well, destroyed stone retaining walls and fruit-bearing trees and leveled the surrounding land.

//Petra// AK