The Al-Quds Governorate said Israeli forces raided Khan Tankiz near Al-Aqsa Mosque and prevented a graduation ceremony for students from Al-Quds University from taking place.

The occupation forces detained Youssef al-Natsheh, director of the university’s Center for Al-Quds Studies; Raed Saadeh, executive director of the Al-Quds Tourism Cluster; artist Hossam Abu Aisha; and Hassan al-Louzi, taking them for interrogation, according to the governorate.

Meanwhile, three Palestinians suffered breathing difficulties after Israeli occupiers sprayed gas in their faces during an attack near the town of As-Samu, south of Hebron, rights activist Osama Makhamra said.

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa also reported Israeli army raids in Bethlehem and the Dheisheh refugee camp.

Israeli occupiers also entered the Abu Njeim area south of Bethlehem and blocked a dirt road leading to several Palestinian homes with stones, the agency said.

In the central West Bank, Israeli occupiers attacked a Palestinian vehicle near the town of Sinjil, according to the state broadcaster Voice of Palestine.

Further north, the Israeli army detained a young Palestinian man on a road near the Arab American University south of Jenin, Palestine TV reported.

The Israeli regime’s escalation across the West Bank, including attacks by its forces and Israeli occupiers since the start of the genocidal Gaza war, has killed 1,182 Palestinians and injured more than 12,000 others, while around 24,000 Palestinians have been arrested, according to official Palestinian figures.