Palestinian armed groups clash with Israeli forces in Jenin
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Palestinian armed groups are clashing with Israeli forces in Jenin and the neighbouring Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank.
The Jenin Battalion of al-Quds Brigades said its fighters targeted an Israeli military bulldozer with an explosive device.
Israeli forces storm village in Bethlehem
They stormed the village of al-Marah Rabah and raided many homes, sources tell Al Jazeera.
Earlier, Palestinian Telegram channels shared videos showing Israeli forces bulldozing streets in the city of Jenin as well as the Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank. The videos have been verified by Sanad, Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency.
Israeli Army Radio reported two people were killed after forces fired at a house in Jenin.
Four Palestinians arrested in Hebron
Israeli forces have carried out the arrests after raids on two towns in the southern occupied West Bank, Palestine’s Wafa news agency reports. Three of the young men were arrested after a raid on the Arroub camp and one was taken from the town of Idhna, west of Hebron.
Israel has been carrying out intense raids on several areas in the West Bank since last night. A particularly large Israeli military incursion is taking place in the city of Jenin.
Israeli forces demolish Jerusalem mosque
Al-Shiyah Mosque, located in occupied East Jerusalem’s Jabal Mukaber neighbourhood, was built 20 years ago. Today, Israeli forces stormed the area, cordoned off the mosque, for which a demolition order had been issued, and began tearing it down, reports the Palestinian Wafa news agency.
Footage verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency shows a bulldozer carrying out the demolition.
Video unavailable, it was on FaceBook, Meta deleted it already.
Twelve arrested in latest West Bank raids
Israeli forces have rounded up 12 Palestinians throughout the occupied West Bank since last night, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
The arrests took place in the governorates of Hebron, Qalqilya, Ramallah, Tubas, Tulkarem and Jenin, where Israeli forces have also been bulldozing streets and firing at homes.
Violent raids and arrests have been a near-daily feature of life in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023. Since then, Israeli forces have arrested at least 11,700 people in the territory, according to the prisoners’ society
Israeli soldiers wound Palestinian near occupied East Jerusalem
Israeli forces have opened fire on a Palestinian man at a military checkpoint in Shu’fat refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem, the official news agency Wafa reports. The agency said that the man, who remains unidentified, was detained after being wounded in the lower extremities.
It also said that soldiers closed the checkpoint, preventing people from moving in and out of the camp, which the army also raided.
