Israeli military carries out raids, arrests across the occupied West Bank
The Israeli military has stormed several areas across the occupied West Bank, resulting in clashes with Palestinian fighters and arrests being made, according to local media reports.
Incidents from recent hours include:
- Israeli forces have beaten and seriously injured six people during the storming of the town of al-Issawiya, northeast of Jerusalem. Earlier, we reported that Israeli police wounded and arrested a driver accused of attempting to carry out a ramming attack against officers in al-Issawiya.
- A 19-year-old has been arrested during the storming of the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah.
- Clashes erupted after the Israeli military stormed the Shu’fat refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem.
- Israeli forces have stormed the town Yabad, southwest of Jenin, the Dhnaba suburb, east of Tulkarem city, and the villages of al-Asakra, Beit Tamar and Harmala in Bethlehem governorate.
⬅️شاهد ..لحظة اعتقال قوات الاحتلال للشاب مؤمن شبانة 19 عاماً خلال اقتحام بلدة سنجل شمال رام الله. pic.twitter.com/hAiIPxpvnt
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) July 27, 2024
Translation: The moment the occupation forces arrested the young man, Moamen Shabana, 19 years old, during the storming of the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah.
Israeli forces deploy to Nablus after checkpoint comes under fire
They have been deployed in force around the Beit Furik checkpoint, in the town of Salem, and the eastern region of Nablus in the occupied West Bank after shots were fired at the military control point, Palestinian media report.
Palestinian channels on Telegram also posted videos showing an incursion last night by Israeli forces into the Ras Khamis neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem.
Palestinian critically injured by Israeli forces in East Jerusalem
Israeli forces have critically injured a Palestinian man in the al-Issawiya neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem, according to the Wafa news agency.
Local sources told Wafa that Israeli soldiers detained the man in his 30s after wounding him while driving his vehicle.
The family of Ahmed Joda, 37, said he was driving without a licence and tried to evade the police when he was shot. He is receiving treatment at Jerusalem’s Shaare Tzedek Hospital.
Earlier, the Israeli police said an officer shot a driver in his 30s while he was speeding towards a group of officers in al-Issawiya.
Separately, six people, including a 12-year-old child and a 76-year-old woman, were injured during the night after being targeted by Israeli forces.
In the Shuafat camp in the north of Jerusalem, soldiers stormed the camp and fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters. No injuries were reported.
Israeli live fire injures two Palestinian children in Ramallah
Two Palestinian children have received bullet injuries after Israeli forces stormed al-Mazraa al-Gharbiya village, northwest of Ramallah, according to the Wafa news agency.
Bassam al-Khatib, the head of the municipality, said Israeli forces rushed into the village and fired live bullets, tear gas and sound bombs towards residents and their homes.
The two children, who were shot in the thigh, were taken to hospital for treatment.
