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Israeli military carries out arrests in Nablus, Jenin

The Israeli military has stormed the Ein refugee camp, west of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, and fired live bullets, sound bombs and tear gas, according to the Wafa news agency.

Israeli forces arrested one man, who was injured during confrontations, along with three other Palestinians, including a woman.

The Israeli military has also arrested a Palestinian man during its storming of the town of al-Yamoun, west of Jenin.


One shot, 10 arrested during Israeli raids on Hebron

Israeli forces have arrested 10 people, including two brothers, in raids across Hebron governorate in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency.

The raids took place in Dura, Beit Kahil, Idhna and Tarqumiyah, as well as Hebron city.

During a raid in Dura and the nearby village of at-Tabaqa, Israeli forces stormed dozens of homes, blowing the doors off some, and wounded one man by shooting him in the stomach.


Israeli raid on Jenin causes ‘widespread destruction’

Wafa news agency is reporting that Israeli forces have withdrawn from Jenin in the occupied West Bank after a raid that lasted nearly 15 hours and caused “widespread destruction to the infrastructure and citizens’ properties”.

The report quoted the director of public relations in the Jenin Municipality, Bashir Matahin, as saying that Israeli bulldozers destroyed infrastructure that had been repaired after the last deadly raid on Jenin that had lasted 10 days.

Matahin said the bulldozers destroyed “several structures and sewage networks, causing a power outage” in some areas.

The main water line leading to Jenin Government Hospital was also destroyed as well as streets in the Khalid bin al-Walid Mosque Street area and “walls of the houses and the cemetery of the eastern neighbourhood”.

Dozens were homes were raided, the belongings destroyed or damaged while the home of the young man Qais al-Saadi was blown up.