Israeli military carries out arrests in Jenin, Bethlehem, Nablus, Jerusalem
Israeli forces have arrested a second Palestinian man in Jalqamous town in Jenin governorate, the Wafa news agency reports, and four people were detained during a raid on the village of Raba, southeast of the city of Jenin.
Earlier, we also reported that Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian journalist in the Talaat at-Tur neighbourhood of Nablus city. Wafa now reports that two more men have been arrested in the city’s east, while one man has been arrested in the nearby town of Asira ash-Shamaliya.
The Israeli military also arrested a Palestinian man in the city of Bethlehem and another man in the town of Doha, west of Bethlehem. A Palestinian has also been arrested in the at-Tur neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem.
‘Complete siege’ on Tulkarem
Israeli forces have intensified their raid on the occupied West Bank city, hours after an air strike on a car killed at least five people. Military bulldozers were seen entering the camp along with soldiers.
Wafa, the Palestinian news agency, reports that the Israeli bulldozers are “wreaking havoc” on infrastructure in the city, damaging roads, homes and businesses.
Drones can be heard flying at low altitude.
30 Palestinians rounded up in latest West Bank raids
Israeli forces have taken 30 Palestinians into custody during raids across the occupied West Bank since yesterday, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
Those detained include children and two journalists, said the group.
The arrests took place in Jenin, Nablus, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Tulkarem, Hebron, Tubas and Jerusalem.
They bring the total number of Israeli arrests in the West Bank since October 7 to 9,920, said the prisoners’ society, which updates the toll daily.
Palestinian ‘seriously injured’ in Israeli raid near Ramallah
The Wafa news agency reports that a 25-year-old was shot in the abdomen by Israeli forces as they raided the village of Abwein, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.
Wafa’s sources said confrontations between residents of the town and Israeli soldiers broke out after the soldiers stormed the town and deployed in the downtown area, breaking into two homes and interrogating the occupants.
The soldiers opened fire on people protesting their presence in the village, injuring the young man.
“The casualty was rushed to a hospital in Salfit for urgent treatment,” Wafa added.
Elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, in the city of Tulkarem, we have received reports and verified video of Israeli forces targeting journalists with tear gas. Israeli forces have been raiding the city for hours, after they carried out an air strike on a car in the city that killed at least five, including a man they say is a Hamas military commander.
Israeli bulldozers tearing up streets in Tulkarem
Israeli military vehicles are raiding the Tulkarem refugee camp, following an earlier air strike on a vehicle in the camp that killed five people.
We are hearing that the military is now bulldozing and destroying the streets inside the camp and carrying out arrests. We’ve been here around an hour, and we’ve heard sporadic gunshots from Palestinian fighters still stationed inside the camp.
Israel is averaging 40 raids per day in the occupied West Bank, a massive increase since the war started. These raids make Palestinians feel vulnerable, that they are left alone by the world battling one of the strongest armies.
