Israeli forces arrest 36 Palestinians in West Bank raids
Palestinian prisoners’ groups report that Israeli forces arrested 36 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since yesterday evening, including a journalist, four female students from Hebron and former prisoners.
A joint statement by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said Israel has arrested 110 Palestinians since the start of the military operation in the city of Jenin on Wednesday – the largest Israeli incursion into the West Bank in decades.
This brings the number of Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in the West Bank and Jerusalem to more than 10,400 since the start of the war on October 7.
The destruction of Jenin by Israeli forces
Jordanian FM rejects Israeli justification for West Bank assault
Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has called Israel’s justification for its attack in the occupied West Bank a “lie”.
“We reject the claims of its racist extremist ministers who fabricate dangers to justify their killing of Palestinians and the destruction of their capabilities. The Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, and the Israeli escalation in the region are the greatest threat to security and peace,” Safadi wrote on X.
He added that Jordan will confront “any attempt to displace the Palestinian people inside or outside their occupied land with all our capabilities”.
Israel began its operation in the West Bank on Wednesday, claiming it was targeting groups that pose a threat to Israeli security.
Israeli forces attack Palestinians near Bani Naim, Hebron
Israeli forces attacked Palestinian citizens at the entrance to the town of Bani Naim, in the east of Hebron, the Palestinian Wafa news agency is reporting.
Local sources told Wafa that Israeli forces closed the entrance to the town and assaulted civilians and targeted their vehicles which were damaged.
The report added that Israeli forces are still closing the bypass roads and raiding neighbourhoods in Hebron, including the Wad Abu Ektaileh neighbourhood and the Bir al-Mahjar area.
Israeli forces are also operating in the Wadi al-Qaf area and near the town of Tarqumiyah, west of Hebron.
Two more Palestinians killed in Israeli raids in occupied West Bank
Since Israel forces began their operation in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, at least 26 Palestinians have been killed across different governorates, local governors and the Palestinian Health Ministry reported.
- Hebron: Two Palestinians were killed.
- Jenin: Since Wednesday, at least 16 people have been killed due to Israeli shelling and bullets.
- Tubas: At least four Palestinians were killed since Israeli forces began shelling the Al-Fara’a camp.
- Tulkarem: At least four have been killed since Wednesday.
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