Israeli forces, Palestinian fighters clash in the occupied West Bank
There have been confrontations between Palestinian fighters and Israeli forces in the town of Tammun, about 5km (3 miles) south of Tubas city in the occupied West Bank. Other armed confrontations took place this morning in Turmus Aya village, north of Ramallah, after Palestinian fighters targeted a nearby Israeli military base.
Israeli forces raided the villages of Khirbet Abu Falah, Kafr Malek and Turmus Aya in search of the shooters. Israeli forces also raided Palestinian homes in Qalqilya city and arrested several people.
One of the homes that was stormed had been raided 14 times in the last few days.
Other raids took place across the occupied West Bank. During these raids, the Israeli forces arrested 25 Palestinians, including two women and a journalist.
A vehicle is driven on a street, in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on May 22
Israelis storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
More than a dozen Israelis stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third-holiest site, on Wednesday morning. In a video published on Telegram by a local media network and verified by Al Jazeera, Israeli police officers are seen walking beside the individuals who entered the compound.
The storming of the compound is a regular occurrence even though entering any part of it is forbidden for Jews due to the sacred nature of the site, according to Jewish law. Israeli authorities have also repeatedly barred Palestinians from entering the site for Friday prayers since October 7, forcing many to pray on the streets near the Old City.
In previous years, Israeli forces have also attacked Palestinian worshippers inside the mosque.
Israeli forces stop ambulance near Nablus, arrest health worker: Report
The health worker, Sari Muhammad Hafez Qashou, is an anaesthesia technician employed by Martyr Dr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, reports the Wafa news agency.
He was arrested while riding in an ambulance on the way back from Nablus, after transporting a patient to a local hospital, according to Wafa.
Since October 7, Israeli forces have regularly obstructed health services in the West Bank, including blocking the path of ambulances nearly 300 times, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Students arrested as Israeli forces storm school near Nablus
Local Palestinian sources are reporting that soldiers have raided a school in the occupied West Bank town of Sarra, west of the city of Nablus, and arrested four students.
The students’ names were given as Majid Muhammad Majid Asthma, Asim Zidane Tawfiq Ghanem, Yacoub Mahmoud Yacoub Ghanem and Moatasem Ali Mahmoud Turabi.
Scabies spreading among Palestinian prisoners
Contagious skin diseases are rapidly spreading among Palestinians in Israeli jails, with dozens of cases seen recently by lawyers and released detainees, reports the Palestinian Prisoners Society.
The most prevalent of the diseases is scabies, it says, a highly contagious infestation caused by small ticks. Its spread is worsened by poor hygiene conditions, overcrowding and limited water in Israel’s jails, according to the group, specifically the facilities in Israel’s Negev desert and Megiddo.
The group claims Israel is leaving infected prisoners without treatment and even transferring them to other areas of the prison where the disease can spread, acts that it says amount to “medical crimes”.
