Israeli forces raid towns, villages across West Bank
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that a Palestinian has been wounded after Israeli forces opened fire during a raid on the Qalandiya camp in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli soldiers also launched a campaign of arrests in the town of Tuqu, near Bethlehem, and fired flares during a raid on the Kafr Aqab neighbourhood, north of Jerusalem, according to AJA.
Israeli raids were also reported in the following areas:
- The city of Nablus
- The village of Tamma, south of Nablus
- The village of Kfar Kila, east of Nablus
- The city of el-Bireh.
Israeli settlers establish illegal outposts in West Bank’s Area B for first time since Oslo Accords
Peace Now, an Israeli rights group, says it has documented the establishment of seven settler outposts “deep within” the Palestinian-controlled Area B of the occupied West Bank for the first time since the Oslo Accords of the 1990s.
Area B was designated as an area under full Palestinian civil control under the Oslo Accords, which represented the first direct Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement. For years, successive Israeli governments had refrained from establishing settlements or outposts there, according to Peace Now.
But in 2024, settlers established five outposts near Bethlehem and two others near Ramallah, the Israeli group said. In the meantime, enforcement against outposts in Area C, which is controlled by Israel, “has all but ceased”, it said.
These settlements are considered illegal under international law.
“After seizing control of Area C and systematically displacing Palestinians through house demolitions and settler violence, settlers have now set their sights on Area B,” the group said.
“The Israeli government’s annexation plans are not limited to Area C. By enabling settlers to establish outposts deep in Area B, the government blatantly violates another critical element of the Oslo Accords. If we do not act today, we will find ourselves returning to full military rule across the entire West Bank,” it added.
Israeli forces wound 3, arrest dozens in raids on West Bank
Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting that the number of people injured from Israeli gunfire in the ongoing raid on the Qalandiya camp has now risen to three.
AJA also reported that Israeli forces have launched a “large-scale arrest campaign” in Fawwar refugee camp, south of the city of Hebron, and are conducting field investigations in its main square.
The Shehab news agency posted pictures of the campaign, alleging that the Israeli forces had “abused dozens of detainees” during their large-scale raid.
The Wafa news agency meanwhile reported that Israeli forces had arrested at least 25 Palestinians from the town of Tuqu, east of Bethlehem.
Israeli soldiers hold dozens of detainees at Hebron stadium
Activists and local Palestinian platforms on social media have released footage, verified by Al Jazeera, showing Israeli forces detaining dozens of Palestinians in a stadium at Fawwar camp, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
The scenes show dozens of Palestinians standing in the stadium surrounded by Israeli soldiers. According to local platforms, the Israeli forces turned the youth club of the camp into a field investigation centre.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said nearly 100 people were held at the stadium in what was the third raid on the camp within 24 hours, and that Israeli forces closed all entrances and exits of the camp and prohibited movement inside.
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Two people wounded in Hebron confrontations: Sources
Sources have told our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues that the confrontations with the Israeli forces took place during the demolition of buildings in Shuyukh al-Arrub village. The village is located in the northeast of the occupied West Bank governorate.
“The occupation forces demolished the house that shelters seven people on the pretext that the al-Bas area is prohibited for construction,” said Ibrahim Halaika, the head of the village council.
Prisoners’ groups say at least 10 Palestinians arrested in West Bank
The detentions by Israeli forces have been carried out during raids since yesterday evening, according to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society. The groups said the arrests were made in the occupied governorates of Bethlehem, Hebron, Nablus, Qalqilya, Ramallah and Tubas.
Palestinian shot at Israeli military checkpoint in Jerusalem
A young Palestinian man has been shot by Israeli forces at Himza checkpoint. Wafa reported citing local sources that Israeli forces fired at the man and his condition was not known. They also prevented an ambulance from reaching him and closed the roads surrounding the checkpoint.
Meanwhile, the Israeli police said a soldier opened fire at a suspect who got out of a vehicle and allegedly brandished a knife.
Multiple videos from the scene circulating online, which were verified by Al Jazeera, showed the youth lying on the ground next to his vehicle without any first aid being provided to him.
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