Israeli occupation forces IOF arrested, on Friday evening, August 26, five Palestinian youths from the village of Al-Nabi Samuel, northwest of occupied Jerusalem.

Local sources reported that the Israeli occupation forces arrested the five young men at military checkpoints set up in the vicinity of the village. This came hours after a sit-down was held to condemn the restrictions imposed by the occupation on the village and its residents.

For the sixth week in a row, the people of the village of Al-Nabi Samuel organized a vigil to denounce the Israeli violations against the village and its residents. They complain that the Israeli military checkpoints turned the village into a prison