Israeli military carries out raids across the occupied West Bank
The Israeli military has carried out raids in several locations across the occupied West Bank in recent hours, including:
- The town of Jaba, south of Jenin, with clashes reported between Israeli forces and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
- The villages of Amatin and Saniriya, in Qalqilya district
- The town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem
- The town of Faroun, south of Tulkarem
- The city of Yatta, south of Hebron
- The Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron
- The town of Tammun, south of Tubas
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian olive pickers near occupied West Bank’s Salfit
Armed Israeli settlers from an illegal outpost have attacked Palestinian olive pickers west of the central city of Salfit with shouting, cursing and threats, in an attempt to force them to leave their lands, the Wafa news agency has quoted farmer Yousef al-Deek as saying.
The attack took place in the Khalat al-Haramiya area. Al-Deek said during the past week, settlers also stole 30 bags of olives and agricultural equipment.
Al-Quds Brigades mourns deaths of two fighters in occupied West Bank
The military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has announced the death of two of its fighters; Ahmed Issam Fahmawi, 19, and Abdul Aziz Mahmoud Abu Saman, 20.
Al-Quds Brigades said in a statement that they were from the Tulkarem battalion in the occupied West Bank. “They were killed in a treacherous Zionist raid that targeted them while they were confronting the occupation forces storming Nour Shams camp,” it said.
Israeli troops force Palestinian farmers off their land south of Nablus: Report
Israeli troops have forced Palestinian farmers to leave their lands in Khirbet Yanun, which is part of the lands of Aqraba, south of Nablus, according to the Wafa news agency.
Rashid Marar, the head of the Yanun village council, told Wafa that Israeli forces stormed the land where farmers pick olives east of Yanun, and forced them to leave after seizing their equipment for picking olives.
According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Israeli forces and Israelis from illegal settlements have carried out more than 253 attacks since the beginning of the olive picking season, including 184 attacks in the northern West Bank, and 113 attacks concentrated in the Nablus governorate, Wafa reported.
At least 20 Palestinians detained by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank: Report
That’s according to a joint statement by the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society cited by the Wafa news agency. The detentions occurred across various Hebron, Ramallah, Nablus, Qalqilya, Jericho, and Bethlehem governorates.
The total number of Palestinians detained by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank since October 7 last year has surpassed 11,500, including those from Jerusalem, the statement said.
