Roundup of Israeli military raids reported across the occupied West Bank
At least six people were arrested in the nightly raids carried out by Israeli forces on communities across the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.
- Three young Palestinians were hauled off by Israeli troops travelling in a 10-vehicle convoy who raided Yabad town, located east of Jenin city, before dawn and searched homes.
- Two Palestinians were detained in the Askar refugee camp east of Nablus where a large number of Palestinian homes were stormed and searched, Wafa reports.
- A Palestinian man was also arrested during a raid and home searches by Israeli soldiers in Halhul town, north of Hebron.
- Israeli soldiers stormed Azzun town, located east of Qalqilya city, and searched homes but made no arrests.
- Palestinian families were also subject to house searches in the town of Anata, located northeast of occupied East Jerusalem.
- Raids also took place in Silat ad-Dhahr town and the villages of Rummna, al-Tayba, Anin and Fandaqumiya, located to the west and south of Jenin.
Israeli army kills Palestinian woman after alleged stabbing attack: Reports
Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian woman accused of a stabbing attack near the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba, close to Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli media reports.
The Palestinian woman killed near Hebron after allegedly attempting a stabbing attack has been identified as 20-year-old Maymoneh Harahsheh. The Israeli military, in a statement, said its soldiers opened fire on “an attacker” who “charged” towards them wielding a knife. The military said none of its soldiers was injured.
What is Israel’s bulldozer strategy in the occupied West Bank?
Israel’s military has regularly torn up infrastructure, including public roads, during raids across the occupied West Bank since October 7, in what is being referred to as a “bulldozer strategy”.
The objective, rights expert Saleh Hijazi tells Al Jazeera, is to make life unbearable for Palestinians in the territory, pushing more of them to leave their homes.
Israeli forces detain 15 Palestinians overnight, including former prisoners
According to the Commission for Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, the detentions took place in Jenin, Nablus, Ramallah, Hebron and occupied East Jerusalem.
“This brings the number of Palestinians detained by Israeli forces since October 7 to 8,445,” the organisations said.
