On 12 March, the OC General Commander Ilan Biran ordered all students from Gaza to leave the West Bank and stated that if caught, they would be considered illegal and arrested. In a sweep of the West Bank, on 11 March the Israeli army arrested over 200 people in the Bethlehem, Jenin, Tulkarem, Nablus and Ramallah areas. Some villages in the West Bank have faced more severe measures against them, including cut electricity and telephone services. Tarkumia village near Hebron has been under total curfew since 12 March, and all men aged 16-45 were ordered to leave their homes and report to the playground of the village school. Hossan village was placed under total curfew on 10 March, which remains in force.
Total curfew means that residents are restricted to their homes.
On 12 March, a 68 year old man from a village near Tulkarim was found by the Israeli army outside his restricted area. He was forced to remove his clothes by the Israeli soldiers and to walk back to his home. The Ministry of Information was raided by Israeli army in Hebron on 12 March, and the office was ransacked. The office for the Defense of Children International, which provides medical and counseling services to children, was also subject to a pre-dawn raid by the Israeli army, and the office severely damaged. This refugee camp has been under total curfew for nine days, and has not received food or medical supplies since then.