WEST BANK, (PIC)
The Israeli forces carried out a series of coordinated raids across multiple cities, towns, and refugee camps in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem early Thursday, conducting home searches, vehicle inspections, arrests, and firing tear gas, stun grenades, and live ammunition.
In the Nablus area, Israeli troops entered the town of Beita, south of the city, where they established a military checkpoint and searched vehicles. Raids were also reported in Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, and in Nablus city itself through the Beit Furik checkpoint and the Alon Moreh settlement entrance. Israeli forces additionally stormed the Askar area and Balata refugee camp east of the city and raided a home in the village of Kafr Qallil.
In Jericho, Israeli forces entered the city while firing stun grenades and live ammunition and simultaneously raided Aqabat Jabr refugee camp.
Israeli troops also stormed Al-Fawwar refugee camp south of al-Khalil and the town of Sa’ir northeast of the city, while tear gas was fired during a raid on the village of Ras Karkar west of Ramallah.
In Qalqilya, Israeli forces raided several homes in the town of Azzun east of the city, while troops also entered the town of Hizma north of Occupied Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, settlers continued attacks against places of worship in the West Bank. New assaults targeted two mosques in the Ramallah area, including acts of arson, vandalism, and the spray-painting of hostile and racist slogans on their walls.
The raids came amid a broader military campaign across the West Bank. Israeli forces entered Hizma, Sebastia, Al-Shuyukh, Sa’ir, Azzun, Jericho, Nablus, Al-Fawwar refugee camp, Balata refugee camp, and Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, carrying out searches and arrests in multiple locations.
In Beita, Israeli troops set up a checkpoint at the town’s entrance and searched vehicles, while settlers reportedly attacked Palestinian vehicles with stones near the Za’atara checkpoint south of Nablus.
Israeli forces also continued operations inside Balata refugee camp, arresting Kayed Khafash after raiding his home. In the al-Khalil district, troops arrested a young man during a raid on a home in the village of Kharsa, south of Dura.
In Azzun, Israeli forces arrested four young Palestinians: Mutawakel Radwan Abu Al-Mahdi, Amjad Hawari Abu Ma’rouf, Mohammad Al-Hawshar, and Mahmoud Al-Hawari.
The latest raids and settler attacks come amid an ongoing escalation across the occupied West Bank, with increasing military incursions, arrests, property raids, and attacks on Palestinian communities and religious sites. Palestinian groups have renewed calls for increased resistance and confrontation against Israeli forces and settlers throughout the territory.