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Israeli military conducts raids across the occupied West Bank
Local media and our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues are reporting Israeli raids in multiple locations across the occupied West Bank tonight. They include:
- The city of Tubas
- The city of Qalqilya
- The town of al-Karmil and the village of at-Tuwani, south of Hebron
- The towns and villages of Arraba, Yabad, Umm Dar, Jalbun, Fahma and Kafr Ra’i in the Jenin governorate
In addition, Israeli forces have also arrested a Palestinian man from the town of Barta’a in Jenin Governorate.
Israeli military says gunman opened fire on minibus in West Bank
The Israeli military has said it is engaged in a fight with a gunman who opened fire on a minibus this morning near the Israeli settlement of Dolev in the occupied West Bank.
It said the gunman caused damage to the bus but there have been no reported injuries.
Three hurt by gunman in West Bank: Report
Three people have been injured, one severely, in clashes with a Palestinian gunman in the occupied West Bank, reports The Times of Israel, citing a hospital where the wounded were taken.
The Israeli military earlier said it was using a fighter jet and drone to pursue the gunman, who had first fired at an Israeli vehicle near the settlement of Dolev.
Palestinian killed in violent clashes near Ramallah
A Palestinian has been killed and at least seven Israeli soldiers have been injured in clashes near the West Bank village of Deir Bzayeh, west of Ramallah. The clashes erupted after a bus was shot at near the settlement of Dolev, the Israeli army said, causing no injuries to the Israeli settlers onboard.
The confrontation lasted more than four hours after the military was deployed to the scene. One Palestinian was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade.
Al Jazeera correspondents reported hearing the sound of explosions as well as that of gunfire.
West Bank gunman hit by Israeli rocket after hours-long standoff: Witnesses
It started at about 5:30am local time (03:30 GMT) near Ramallah. A Palestinian man wielding a gun went to a junction below one of the illegal Israeli settlements in the area and started firing towards a bus. There were no injuries from that attack. The gunman then hid on a mountainside amid the trees, where he stayed for about five hours.
The Israeli military then completely blocked the Palestinian roads all the way around the area. When we arrived here, a security expert pointed out an Apache helicopter above – it fired three rockets towards where this man was located.
Locals tell us the second one hit him. We saw the man being carried out on a stretcher from the mountainside.
Since then, we’ve seen at least 10 more military vehicles entering one of the villages behind us. In the last half an hour, a drone carrying tear gas fired towards us. We were clearly showing our press vests and it was right above us. We were hit by some of the tear gas.
Air strike in Jenin – Israeli raids kill 8 in occupied West Bank
Funerals were held for some of the eight Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, in a night of violent Israeli raids. One was 19-year-old Mohammed Salhiyeh, who was shot and killed outside the Am’ari refugee camp where he lived.
Israel claims another 2,000 acres in Jordan Valley, announces settlement plans: Report
Israel has claimed 8,000 dunams (1,977 acres, 800 hectares) of land in the Jordan Valley, paving the way for new development projects, Israel’s Kan broadcaster reports. There are plans to develop hundreds of housing units in the area, which is located near the Israeli settlement of Yafit, as well as a business and industrial district, according to the broadcaster.
Israel’s far-right Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, who oversaw the settlement expansion move, said it was an “important and strategic issue”.
“While there are those in Israel and the world who seek to undermine our right to Judea and Samaria and the country in general, we promote the settlement movement with hard work and in a strategic manner across the country,” said Smotrich in comments carried by The Times of Israel.
More than 7,350 West Bank Palestinians arrested by Israel during Gaza war
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/3/22/israel-arrested-over-7350-west-bank-palestinians-since-war-on-gaza-began
Israel has taken thousands of Palestinians captive since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7. In the process, Israeli authorities have become increasingly violent, often storming homes inside the occupied West Bank and beating everyone inside, according to a staff member of the Palestinian monitor Addameer.
Once in custody, Palestinians face even more abuse. “Lots of people had their [sternum] or heads broken, often gushing with blood,” 54-year-old Matar told Al Jazeera three months after he was released from detention.
“We weren’t even treated like animals. At least animals are treated with some sort of dignity.”
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