Israeli forces open fire on vehicle during West Bank raid
Israeli forces have stormed the town of Kobar, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, and opened fire on a vehicle, our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues report.
The target of the fire is not clear. No casualties or injuries have been reported so far.
Israeli military raids have been reported in other locations across the occupied West Bank in recent hours, including:
- The city of Tulkarem.
- The Qalandiya camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem.
- The village of Marda, north of Salfit.
- The Ras area near Wadi al-Hussein, east of Hebron, where several Palestinians have been detained and assaulted by Israeli forces.
Palestinian fighters target Israeli forces with explosive device in West Bank
The al-Quds Brigades’ Jenin Battalion – the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad – has said that its fighters have detonated a “highly explosive device” targeting Israeli military vehicles in the town of Silat ad-Dhahr in the occupied West Bank.
The armed group said it achieved a “direct hit”. No casualties or injuries have been reported by the Israeli military so far.
Israeli forces injure Palestinian in occupied West Bank’s Aqqaba town
A Palestinian has been injured by live bullets in the chest during the Israeli army’s storming of the town of Aqqaba, north of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, according to medical sources speaking to Al Jazeera.
The city of Tubas has an important role in resisting the Israeli occupation, as it was one of the first cities that contributed to igniting the Palestinian revolution in 1965. It also witnessed the emergence of the Tubas Brigade in 2022, which participated in confrontations with Israeli forces.
Local sources have told the Wafa news agency that it was a 50-year-old man who was injured by live bullets in the chest, after Israeli forces raided Aqqaba and besieged a house. The director of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Tubas, Kamal Bani Odeh, said Israeli forces arrested two other men during the raid, according to Wafa.
Israeli forces kill one person in West Bank’s Aqqaba town: Ministry
We have reported earlier that Israeli forces were conducting a raid in the town of Aqqaba, north of Tubas city in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry said at least one person was killed by Israeli soldiers there and the body was still being held by them.
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic reported that the Israeli army sent a number of military vehicles, accompanied by a bulldozer, from the Hamra and Tayaseer checkpoints, east of Aqqaba, to surround several homes and arrest a number of Palestinians. Armed confrontations broke out inside the town.
