Israeli military launches raids across the occupied West Bank
More Israeli military raids have taken place across the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports, including:
- Three Palestinian teenagers have been injured by Israeli gunfire during a raid on the Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
- Israeli military vehicles entered and took up positions in the courtyard of the Arab Evangelical Hospital in Nablus.
- Israeli military forces raided the Tulkarem refugee camp in the early hours of the morning leading to clashes with Palestinian fighters, and there were reports of gunfire.
- Homes near the main entrance to the village of Haris, west of Salfit, were raided overnight. Nearby, in the town of Deir Istiya, Israeli settlers pelted Palestinian-owned vehicles with stones.
Israeli military arrests 3 Palestinians in Nablus, 5 near Salfit
Israeli forces stormed the occupied West Bank village of Haris, west of Salfit, overnight and arrested five Palestinians, the Wafa news agency reports. The Israeli military also stormed several neighbourhoods in the city of Nablus, arresting three Palestinians, according to Wafa.
Israeli settlers attack Shuqba, Yasouf in the occupied West Bank
Video verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit, Sanad, shows Palestinian vehicles on fire in the village of Shuqba, west of Ramallah, as Israeli settlers storm the area. Witnesses broadcast the video on a local Palestinian platform a short while ago. It includes locals’ attempts to fend off the settlers.
Elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, the Salfit governorate published a statement saying Israeli settlers had cut down about 100 olive trees in the village of Yasouf.
The governorate quoted the head of the village council on its Facebook account saying Israelis from the Neve Nehemia settlement cut and broke about 100 of the trees, estimated to be 60 years old, adding that the aim of these attacks is to try to displace citizens from their lands.
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