Israeli military bulldoze roads, village water system as raids in West Bank continue
Nightly raids by the Israeli military on Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank continue with soldiers reported to have entered the towns of Azzun and Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya city, in the early hours of Wednesday.
A home was raided and tear gas canisters and stun grenades were used by Israeli forces in Azzun, the Wafa news agency reports.
Confrontations between Palestinian locals resisting the military incursions and Israeli soldiers erupted in the al-Far’a refugee camp, south of Tubas city, Wafa reports, adding that military bulldozers accompanied the soldiers into the camp.
Military bulldozers were also in operations in the village of Deir Sharaf, located to the west of Nablus, where the Israeli military destroyed roads as well as the village’s water supply network. The destruction blocked several roadways and cut water to homes in the west of the village, Wafa said.
Earlier in the evening, a Palestinian man was arrested while passing through a military checkpoint north of Ramallah.
Four Israeli police injured, suspect killed after ramming attack near West Bank’s Qalqilya
The suspect, who crashed the car into the officers in Kochav Yair town at the Eliyahu Crossing between Israel and the occupied West Bank, was “neutralised” after attempting to stab other officers, the police said.
Al Jazeera Arabic earlier said police were searching for a second suspect in the attack.
مشاهد أولية من موقع عملية دهس في بلدة كوخاف يائير قرب قلقيلية#حرب_غزة #فيديو pic.twitter.com/R2TOwFPPn8
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) April 2, 2024
Translation: Initial scenes from the site of a ramming attack in the town of Kochav Yair, near Qalqilya
Israeli forces raid houses, arrest three Palestinians in occupied West Bank
As we reported earlier, Israeli military raids were ongoing at dawn on Wednesday across the West Bank with reports of arrests in Qalqilya city and Hizma town, located northeast of occupied East Jerusalem.
The Wafa news agency reports that a young Palestinian man, identified as Rami Al-Aqraa, was arrested in Qalqilya following a raid on his house and two men were arrested in Hizma town.
Israeli forces arrested a 60-year-old father and his 29-year-old son after raiding their homes in the town. Both men were previously held in Israeli jails, Wafa reports, adding that Israeli forces fired sound bombs and gas canisters as local youths attempt to resist the military incursion.
Israel arrests 30 people in West Bank: Report
Israeli forces have detained 30 people, including a journalist, throughout the occupied West Bank since Tuesday evening, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reports. Most arrests took place in Jerusalem and Ramallah governorates while others were in Hebron, Bethlehem, Tubas, Jenin, Qalqilya and Jericho governorates, according to Wafa.
These arrests bring the total number of Palestinians jailed since October 7 to 7,990 Wafa said.
Israeli soldiers raid Al-Amari refugee camp near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on March 4
