An-Najah News - According to local sources Israeli occupation soldiers assaulted two young Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

The soldiers stopped the two youths, assaulted them and held them for more than eight hours before releasing them at a military checkpoint northeast of Jenin and seized their motorcycle.

An-Najah News - The country could return to a full lockdown due to a surge in the daily coronavirus infections said Ghassan Nemer, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior.

He added "Palestine was facing “horrifying figures” and that the High Emergency Committee is dealing with all possible scenarios, but said for the time being the Committee will only recommend stricter implementation and control of the safety protocols.

Nemer said “In the event of a return to a full lockdown, it will have repercussions causing the shrinking of the economy, as well as the closure of schools,”.