At least two Palestinians killed in Israeli raids on the occupied West Bank
The head of the Balata refugee camp near the city of Nablus, Imad Tirawi, says Israeli forces shot one man dead after they entered the area in the early hours of Thursday.
Tirawi said that residents found the body of Jihad Abu Salim, who “was not known as a fighter” after the forces left the camp. However, the Israeli military said its forces “eliminated a terrorist during counterterrorism activity in Nablus and located a gun and ammunition”.
In a separate statement, the Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah said Israeli forces had shot dead 25-year-old Muhammad Barahmeh in the northern city of Qalqilya early on Thursday, adding that Barahmeh’s body was taken by Israeli forces.
The Israeli army issued a similar statement to the killing in the Balata refugee camp, saying a “terrorist was eliminated” by the military and border police in Qalqilya.
Palestinian man and child injured by in Israeli raid on Beit Furik
A Palestinian man and a child have been injured during a raid on the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that a 34-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy were both shot while Israeli forces were carrying out the raid.
Dozens of people were also treated for suffocation due to tear gas used by the Israeli military during the incursion.
Sources told Wafa that several Israeli military patrols stormed various neighbourhoods in Beit Furik, which led to confrontations between residents and the Israeli forces.
Israeli forces evict Palestinian family from home in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have forcibly evicted a Palestinian family from their home in the village of Jalbun, east of Jenin, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.
Local sources told Wafa that Israeli forces raided the house of Ahmad Omar Abu al-Rob’s family and forcibly expelled them from the third floor, where Abu al-Rob’s son, Omar, and his wife were living.
Israeli forces went on to convert the floor into a military outpost and told the family to leave the home for four days.
The village of Jalbun has been subjected to frequent incursions by Israeli forces who raid homes and turn some into military bases, forcing residents to evacuate for extended periods.
Israeli settlers fill water well with rubble in Jordan Valley
Israeli settlers have set fire to a room and filled a water well with rubble in the Jabaris area of the northern Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank. Local sources told the Palestinian news agency Wafa that settlers targeted a home belonging to the Faqih family.
The Jordan Valley has witnessed an increase in violent attacks by Israeli settlers, including physical assaults, evicting Palestinians from grazing lands and burning of property.
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