Clashes in Jenin as Israeli forces raid towns, cities across West Bank
The Wafa news agency is reporting clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin after the soldiers surrounded a home in the al-Marah neighbourhood and raided a commercial store in the city’s old town.
Palestinian media also reported Israeli raids elsewhere in the West Bank, including in:
- the city of Hebron
- the town of Beit Ummar, northwest of Hebron
- the town of Tal and the village of Talluza in the Nablus governorate
- the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in the Jericho governorate
- the town of Kafr Qaddum and the village of Hajjah in the Qalqilya governorate
- the village of Rafat in the Salfit governorate
Young Palestinian shot, detained in Ramallah
Israeli forces have shot and detained the young man in at-Tira neighbourhood in the occupied West Bank city after shooting him with live bullets, the Wafa news agency reports.
Security sources told Wafa a special force from the Israeli army stormed at-Tira and detained Yaqoub Kamal Musa after firing on his foot.
Israeli settlers set up tents in northern Jordan Valley: Report
Israeli settlers have set up tents in Khirbet Umm al-Jimal in the northern Jordan Valley, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.
The head of the village council of al-Maleh, Mahdi Daraghmeh, told Wafa the settlers came with livestock, set up several tents and placed them near the tents of local residents in Umm al-Jimal.
Since Sunday, Israeli forces have imposed a military cordon on the villages in the north, saying they are searching for the perpetrator of a shooting that occurred in the northern Jordan Valley.
Military measures were also tightened at the Tayasir and Hamra military checkpoints in the northern Jordan Valley, obstructing the movement of people and causing traffic jams.
Israeli forces detain 12 in occupied West Bank
The overnight arrests have taken place in Jenin, Hebron, Ramallah, Qalqilya and Jericho, according to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
Among those detained were former prisoners and a child, a statement by the organisations said.
Since the war began, Israeli forces have detained more than 10,000 Palestinians, they added.
