Palestinian boy wounded as Israeli forces raid West Bank camp
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that the boy was wounded when Israeli soldiers opened fire during a raid on the Balata refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. They cited reports from the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The Wafa news agency also reported Israeli raids in the city of Hebron and the towns of Yabad and Sebastia.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir walks with Israeli settlers and armed soldiers as they storm the Ibrahimi Mosque to mark a Jewish holiday in Hebron, West Bank on Saturday
Almost 12,000 arrested in occupied West Bank since October 2023
The total number of arrests in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has amounted to more than 11,800, according to the Commission of Detainees Affairs, the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
Since October 7, 2023, there have been near-daily Israeli raids, the groups said in a statement, adding that there are:
- 11,000 people in administrative detention (held without trial or charge)
- 136 journalists who have been arrested, 59 of whom remain in detention
- at least 775 children and 435 women who have been detained
- 45 detainees who have died in Israeli prisons and military camps
The groups said that the highest number of arrests were carried out in Hebron and Jerusalem. The numbers do not include detentions of Gaza residents, which the groups estimate are in the thousands.
“Detentions have been accompanied by escalated crimes and violations such as humiliation, brutal beatings, threats against detainees and their families, vandalism and confiscation of property, in addition to the destruction of infrastructure especially in the refugee camps of Tulkarem and Jenin,” the groups said.
More than a dozen wounded in occupied West Bank missile fire
The Palestine Red Crescent Society reports 13 injuries caused by a projectile that struck several homes in Tulkarem refugee camp.
It’s not clear if they were hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon or by an interception missile fired from Israel. Local media showed footage of smoke rising from the scene and victims arriving at a hospital.
Both Israel and Hezbollah have launched a large number attacks since dawn.
