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SvennoJ on 06 July 2024
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Israeli military carries out raids across occupied West Bank

Local media is reporting that the Israeli military has carried out raids in various locations across the occupied West Bank in recent hours, including:

  • The town of Deir Abu Daif, east of Jenin
  • The Ras Khamis neighbourhood of the Shu’fat refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem
  • The Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in Jericho
  • The city of Nablus


Israeli military arrests 4 Palestinians near Ramallah

The Israeli military has arrested four Palestinians from the village of Qibya, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.

Israeli forces stormed the village and raided the homes of four men, named as Qusay Walid Ghaythan, Yassin Musa al-Ajrab, Baraa Ibrahim Shaker, and Muhammad Hassan, before arresting them.


Israeli forces arrest 15 Palestinians across occupied West Bank

The arrests that took place overnight and in the morning included a former prisoner, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.

This raises the number of arrests in the occupied West Bank to 9,535 since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, their joint statement released on Telegram said.

The arrests were spread across the governorates of Qalqilya, Hebron, Ramallah, Jericho and occupied East Jerusalem, accompanied by raids and damage to homes.


Number of injured in occupied West Bank’s Balata rises to nine

We reported earlier that Israeli forces had injured a young Palestinian man east of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank.

An Al Jazeera correspondent now confirms that nine Palestinians have been injured by Israeli sniper bullets in the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, after the Israeli army announced it was carrying out an operation it described as “pre-emptive” in the camp.


Israeli forces kill Palestinian man near occupied West Bank’s Ramallah

Israeli soldiers have shot and killed Ahmed Muhammad Suleiman has been killed by in the village of Bayt Ur at-Tahta, west of the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, according to our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues.


Huge blaze started by Israeli settlers rages near Ramallah

Israeli settlers have set fire to the Turmus Ayya Plain, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian media.

Translation: A huge fire in the Turmus Ayya Plain, northeast of Ramallah.


Israel prevents Palestinians from praying at Al-Aqsa Mosque ahead of Islamic New Year

Israeli forces have prevented Palestinians from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, ahead of the start of the Islamic New Year tomorrow, according to local sources.

Translation: The occupation forces are on alert in the Old City and prevent worshippers from entering the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.