'Acts of revenge': Israel arrests Palestinian women footballers and students
Submitted by Fayha Shalash on Thu, 06/04/2026 - 14:31 Families say the arrests came without explanation amid a sharp rise in the detention of Palestinian women and girls Rand Halawani, 20, was one of five women arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank this week, including two footballers and three university students (X) Off The pounding on the door came before dawn. When Ahmed Safi awoke to the sound of Israeli soldiers storming his apartment building in Birzeit town, he assumed the
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