Army arrests 7 in the southern West Bank

Israeli forces arrested Thursday seven people from Bethlehem and Hebron areas in the south of the West Bank, according to local and security sources.Israeli forces broke into several homes in the village of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, and arrested four teenagers, said security sources.Soldiers also arrested late Wednesday a 17-year-old resident of the village of Ibayyat, east of Bethlehem, while he was present near Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem.In Hebron, south of Bethlehem, soldiers arrested a 27-year-old resident of Hebron.Soldiers also arrested an 18-year-old resident of the village of Beit Awwa, to the southwest of Hebron, after raiding and searching his family home.