Troops extract 2 Israelis who entered West Bank’s Area A near Hebron, Nablus

Troops extracted two Israelis who entered the West Bank’s Area A in separate incidents, according to the IDF.

In one instance, a Border Police officer got into a car with a Palestinian driver near the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, adjacent to Hebron. Following a search, Israeli forces were able to locate her.

According to the Israel Hayom daily, the search lasted hours after the officer in question couldn’t be reached. The outlet reports that during the search, which made use of security camera footage, forces learned she had gone to visit her Palestinian romantic partner in Yatta, near Hebron.

In another incident, troops reportedly extracted an Israeli man who had gone to pray at Joseph’s Tomb, in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

Both locations are in Area A, the parts of the West Bank where, under the terms of the 1993 Oslo Accords, the Palestinian Authority has security and civil control.

Israeli law bars Israeli citizens from entering Area A, though Israelis have been evacuated from the area in a number of instances in recent days, including one woman who said she was kidnapped and was found by PA security forces.