Clashes as Israeli military storms Nablus area, use Palestinian as ‘human shield’: Report
Israeli forces used a Palestinian as a human shield during the storming of the al-Ein refugee camp, located east of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.
Palestinian resistance groups have fired at Israeli forces after they stormed the old city of Nablus.
Israeli forces have also stormed the nearby town of Burqa, northwest of Nablus.
Palestinian killed in Israeli forces’ raid in West Bank
The Israeli military shot dead a man after storming his home in the village of Wadi al-Far’a in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports, citing security sources.
The man was released from an Israeli prison last month after two years in custody, according to the director of the Prisoners Club in Tubas.
Israeli military raids have been reported elsewhere in the occupied West Bank. Incidents include:
- Two men arrested in Qalqilya
- A man arrested from Burqa, northwest of Nablus
- A former prisoner re-arrested in Budrus, west of Ramallah
- Fighting reported between Israeli forces and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Tubas
Since October last year, at least 742 Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed in attacks by Israeli forces and settlers. Another 6,250 have been wounded.
Israeli forces detain at least 25 Palestinians including child in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have detained more than 25 Palestinians, including a child and former detainees, in a series of raids across the occupied West Bank over the last 24 hours, Wafa news agency is reporting, quoting local sources.
More than 11,000 Palestinians have been detained in Israeli raids across the West Bank since last October, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission.
The widespread arrests have been “accompanied by incidents of extrajudicial killings, direct gunfire prior to arrests, severe physical abuse, and intensive field interrogations”, the organisations said in a report.
