Israeli forces carry out raids across the West Bank
The Israeli military has carried out several operations across the occupied West Bank in recent hours, according to local media reports. They include:
- The villages and towns of Qaffin, Zeita, Attil, Deir al-Ghusun, al-Jarushiya, and the Shuweika suburb, all north of Tulkarem, have been stormed.
- The Tulkarem refugee camp has been stormed, with Palestinian fighters targeting Israeli forces with an explosive device during clashes.
- The village of Husan, west of Bethlehem, has been stormed.
- The city of Jenin has been stormed.
A Palestinian girl walks above debris on a road in Jenin
Israeli air force attacks Tulkarem
The Israeli military has said in a post on X that its air force has “attacked a squad of armed terrorists in Tulkarem”, without providing more information.
Israeli forces storm Tulkarem, UAV misses as it attacks ‘terrorist squad’ in city
Israeli forces, accompanied by military bulldozers, have stormed the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank in the early hours of this morning, resulting in heavy battles with Palestinian fighters, the Wafa news agency reports.
Earlier, we reported that the Israeli Air Force said it had “attacked a squad of armed terrorists in Tulkarem”. Israel’s Army Radio now reports that the attack was carried out by an unmanned aerial vehicle, but it missed its target.
Palestinian fighters have also targeted Israeli forces with an explosive device in the Nur Shams camp in Tulkarem, according to the Shehab news agency.
Two girls among 18 arrested by Israeli army in West Bank raids
The Israeli army has rounded up at least 18 Palestinians in raids in the occupied West Bank, according to prisoners’ affairs groups.
Two girls and former prisoners were among the detainees in the raids in several areas in the occupied territory, including Hebron, Qalqilya, Tubas, and Ramallah, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said in a joint statement.
“The raids were marked by abuse, threats against detainees and their families, and acts of vandalism and destruction on citizens’ homes,” it added.
The new arrests brought the number of Palestinians detained by the Israeli army in the West Bank since October last year to more than 11,600, including those who were released after being arrested, according to Palestinian records.
The figure does not include those arrested from the Gaza Strip whose numbers are estimated to be in the thousands.
