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Killing of Palestinian man brings death toll in occupied West Bank to 12
The Wafa news agency reports that a 35-year-old man – identified as Firas Bassam Alaqma – has died from wounds sustained by Israeli gunfire in Jenin, bringing the total number of Palestinians now killed since the start of the Israeli military incursion to 12.
More than 20 other Palestinians have been wounded in the major military operation that has targeted the cities of Jenin, Tubas and Tulkarem, as well as refugee camps in the areas, Wafa reports.
Wafa has reported Israeli raids, injuries and arrests across the West Bank overnight, including:
- Three Palestinian men were injured – one from bullet shrapnel and two from being beaten by Israeli soldiers – in the Far’a refugee camp, south of Tubas.
- Israeli forces opened fire with live bullets during clashes with local people in the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem.
- Electricity and internet services have been cut in large parts of Jenin city and the Jenin refugee camp after Israeli forces targeted power lines.
- Israeli forces stormed Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron.
- A large number of local homes were raided and searched in the Nur Sham refugee camp, located east of Tulkarem.
- Houses were raided in Nablus city.
- Soldiers raided and searched homes in the village of Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah.
At least 20 Palestinians arrested in Israel’s West Bank operation
Palestinian officials said in a statement that children were among those detained since Israel’s military launched its large-scale operations in the occupied West Bank at dawn on Wednesday.
The statement by the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said the number of those detained could rise as the Israeli raids continue.
It added that the bodies of some of those who were detained and later released bore “clear marks” of “torture and abuse”.
Tulkarem refugee camp, two hospitals under siege by Israeli forces: Report
Israeli forces have besieged Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank following a dawn raid by Israeli special forces, who infiltrated the area as snipers took up positions on top of nearby buildings, the Wafa news agency reports.
Israeli aircraft are flying at low altitude over the camp and Israeli soldiers have attacked a house with rifle-fired antitank shells, Wafa’s correspondent reports, adding that a fire has erupted in the targeted building but it is not known if there are casualties as rescue workers cannot enter the camp.
Israeli forces are reported to be “firing randomly at everything moving in the camp”, according to Wafa, and have also besieged the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital and the al-Israa Specialised Hospital.
