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Four children wounded in Israeli raid on East Jerusalem camp

Live rounds injured at least four children during an Israeli military incursion into the Qalandiya refugee camp north of occupied East Jerusalem.

Residents told the Wafa news agency that Israeli forces stormed the camp, raided several homes, and arrested 18 Palestinians.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its medics in Ramallah and el-Bireh treated the four wounded children and described one as being in critical condition.

During their raid, the Israeli forces closed the roads around Qalandiya camp and the adjacent town of Kafr Aqab.


Israeli soldiers kill 12-year-old in Qalandiya camp: Ministry

Hatem Sami Hisham Ghaith, 12, died after sustaining a bullet wound during an Israeli incursion into the refugee camp located in occupied East Jerusalem.

He was shot in the abdomen, a brief Health Ministry statement on Telegram said.

The Wafa news agency said seven other Palestinians, including three children, were injured by Israeli live fire while 20 others were arrested in the camp.


Israeli forces arrest 45 Palestinians across occupied West Bank

Over the past 24 hours, Israeli forces have arrested at least 45 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including a journalist and a former prisoner, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs say.

In a joint statement, the organisations said the arrests occurred across several governorates, including Hebron, Jerusalem, Jericho, Bethlehem, Qalqilya, Nablus and Jenin.

Israeli forces continue to conduct extensive raids across those areas and issue threats against the detainees and their families, the statement added.

Since the war began exactly one year ago, Israeli forces have arrested more than 11,100 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, the statement added.