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Ramallah vegetable market ‘in ruins’ after fire

We are now at the vegetable market, where civil defence teams are still trying to put out a fire that erupted after Israeli forces raided this area.

They raided the area at about midnight, throwing tear gas and stun grenades, causing fire to erupt. No one was able to get to the area until the Israeli raid was over. They are still putting it out after hours and hours.

Vendors usually come here every day to work. For some of them, it is their only source of income. Now it’s all in ruins.

In addition to the vegetable market, buildings nearby were also affected. A civil defence crew member is warning us that they expect one of the buildings to fall down.

Twenty arrested in latest West Bank raids

Israeli forces have rounded up 20 people across the occupied West Bank since last night, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, which keeps a daily record of arrests.

Two women and one child were among those arrested, according to the group, adding that one of the women was later released.

The majority of those apprehended were in the Hebron governorate, while the others were in the governorates of Qalqilya, Bethlehem, Tubas and Jerusalem, it said.

Since October 7, Israeli forces have made 8,955 arrests in near daily raids across the West Bank, according to the Prisoner’s Society.


The aftermath of Israeli raid in el-Bireh area of Ramallah