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SvennoJ on 04 May 2024
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Gunfire, explosions as Israelis besiege house in West Bank’s Deir al-Ghusun

Israeli forces have surrounded a house in the occupied West Bank town of Deir al-Ghusun, located north of Tulkarem city, and have attacked the residence with antitank rocket propelled grenades, according to reports.

The Palestinian state news agency, Wafa, reports that a large force of Israelis have raided the town and used loudspeakers to order those inside the house to surrender.

Videos posted on social media of the Israeli military operation in Deir al-Ghusun capture the sounds of explosions and gunfire, as well as Israeli bulldozers destroying roads and other structures around the besieged house in the Palestinian town.

Translation: Scenes documenting the moment the Israeli occupation bombed a house in the town of Deir al-Ghusun, north of Tulkarem in the West Bank.

Translation: Israeli military reinforcements storm the town of Deir al-Ghusun, north of Tulkarem in the West Bank.

Israeli forces use bulldozer, excavator to destroy besieged house in Deir al-Ghusun

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Israeli forces laying siege to a house in the Palestinian town of Deir al-Ghusun have begun to flatten the building using heavy mechanical equipment.

Video footage from the siege shows a military bulldozer and an excavator destroying different sections of the house, which was earlier reported to have been hit by Israeli antitank rocket-propelled grenades.

Sources in the town said the Israelis had used a loudspeaker ordering those inside the house to surrender.



Search for bodies after Israeli forces demolish besieged house near Tulkarem

The Israeli military has demolished a house being held under siege in the town of Deir al-Ghusun, north of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, and has begun searching for bodies under the rubble.

Earlier we reported that Israeli forces had surrounded the building and ordered its occupants, who they accuse of carrying out a shooting attack in November in the village of Beit Lid, to come out.

Israeli forces struck the house with bullets and antitank rocket-propelled grenades, before destroying it using a military bulldozer and an excavator with the occupants still inside.

Translation: Israeli occupation bulldozers begin demolishing the besieged house in Deir al-Ghusun in Tulkarem in the West Bank


Body recovered from house demolished by Israeli forces in Deir al-Ghusun

The Israeli military has found a body under the rubble of a house it demolished in the town of Deir al-Ghusun, north of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.

Israeli forces prevented an ambulance from reaching the man, Wafa reports. They initially surrounded the building eight hours ago, ordering its occupants – who they accuse of carrying out a shooting attack in November in the village of Beit Lid – to come out.

When the men barricaded themselves inside, Israeli forces fired antitank rocket-propelled grenades at the house, before destroying the building using a military bulldozer and an excavator with the occupants still inside.



Translation: Shooting occurred while the occupation forces were searching the surroundings of the besieged house in Tulkarem.



Journalists targeted in war – Somayya Jawabreh under house arrest

Journalists from the occupied West Bank say Israeli forces are trying to silence Palestinian voices online and on the ground.

Reporters have been detained, intimidated and in many cases banned from doing their job. One journalist, Somayya Jawabreh, has been placed under house arrest and prevented from using her phone or the internet.