Israel forces set fire to Nablus market: Reports
Israeli forces have thrown burning tyres into the central fruit and vegetable market known as hisbeh in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, causing a large fire to break out there, according to Palestinian media.
Quds News published a video of the blaze on X, while the Wafa news agency said the fire broke out at the western facade of the market.
تغطية صحفية: اشتعال النيران داخل حسبة نابلس بعد إلقاء قوات الاحتلال الإطارات المشتعلة داخل الحسبة pic.twitter.com/Wv4parlzdU
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) August 4, 2024
Translation: Fire breaks out inside Nablus’s hisbeh after occupation forces threw burning tyres inside the market.
The fire came as Israeli forces raided the city in preparation to escort settlers to Joseph’s tomb, triggering clashes between soldiers and Palestinian fighters, according to Wafa.
Israeli soldiers, Palestinian fighters clash in Nablus
We’ve been covering an ongoing Israeli raid on the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces have arrested several Palestinians in the operation, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic, while the Nablus Battalion of the Jerusalem Brigades, a Palestinian armed group, said its fighters confronted Israeli soldiers near the flashpoint Joseph’s Tomb and “detonated an explosive device”.
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, meanwhile, said its fighters also fired bullets at Israeli soldiers near the Balata Camp in eastern Nablus.
Joseph’s Tomb has been the scene of repeated clashes between Palestinians and Israelis, who believe it is the burial place of the Jewish patriarch. Palestinians say it is the shrine of a sheikh.
Woman dies after Israeli arrest in occupied West Bank
A 50-year-old woman has succumbed to her wounds in the occupied West Bank following an arrest by Israeli forces from her home two months ago.
Wafaa Nayef Jarrar was arrested on May 21 during an Israeli operation in Jenin.
Shortly after her arrest, Israeli forces announced that Jarrar was injured and transferred her to the Emek Medical Center in the northern Israeli city of Afula, issuing her an administrative detention order for four months.
However, the severity of her injuries led to the amputation of her legs above the knee and a series of injuries to her body.
Five Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces near Bethlehem
Israeli forces have arrested five young men from the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian media.
Security sources told the Wafa news agency that those arrested include: Bilal Awad Hamamra, 19; Zaid Muhammad Hamamra, 22; Marwan Ahmad Zaoul, 21; Zaki Tayseer Zaoul, 21; and Muhammad Raouf Abu Yabes, 21.
The five were arrested at dawn during a raid after the search of their homes. The Palestinian Information Center also reported about the arrests, sharing their photos on X.
قوات الاحتلال تعتقل خمسة شبان بعد اقتحام منازلهم في بلدة حوسان ببيت لحم فجر اليوم، وهم: مروان وزكي زعول وزيد وبلال حمامرة ومحمد أبو يابس. pic.twitter.com/ypSMQ0uwXE
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) August 5, 2024
Translation: The occupation forces arrested five young men after storming their homes in the town of Husan in Bethlehem at dawn today. They are: Marwan and Zaki Zaoul, Zaid and Bilal Hamamra, and Muhammad Abu Yabes.
Israeli forces demolish 2 homes northeast of Jenin, occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have demolished two houses in the village of al-Jalameh, northeast of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.
The head of the village council, Radwan Shaaban, told Wafa that Israeli forces stormed the village accompanied by three bulldozers and demolished the two houses.
One of the houses, measuring 170 square metres (1,830 square feet), belonged to Jamal Abu Farha, and the second, measuring 220sq metres (2,368sq feet), belonged to Hashem Mahmoud Abu Farha. Shaaban said Abu Farha had just finished preparing his home to house his son, who is due to get married soon and was scheduled to move in.
Last month, Israeli authorities conducted 98 demolition operations, affecting 135 facilities, including 62 inhabited homes, 14 uninhabited ones and 12 agricultural facilities. According to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission (CRRC), authorities also issued notifications, including orders to demolish 16 other homes and facilities in the occupied West Bank governorates.
At least 25 Palestinians arrested in occupied West Bank
Two children are among at least 25 Palestinians who have been arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank from Sunday evening to this morning.
That’s according to a joint statement from the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs. It said the arrests were made in the governorates of Hebron, Ramallah, Nablus, Bethlehem and Jenin.
The statement added that Israeli forces issue threats against detainees and their families and destroy their homes during raids and arrests.
