Residents ordered to leave homes at gunpoint in West Bank’s Tulkarem: Ministry
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has given an update on the Israeli military raid in Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, which is continuing for a second day.
According to the ministry, Israeli forces pushed families out of their homes at gunpoint in the Tulkarem refugee camp last night, while imposing a “tight siege” on the Martyr Dr Thabet Thabet Government Hospital.
In addition, Israeli forces blocked ambulances from “carrying out their duties” in the area, the statement issued on X said.
“These crimes and violations reflect the Israeli government’s systematic and deliberate replication of its crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, extending its brutal assaults to the West Bank in blatant violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions,” said the ministry.
It called on the international community to “act urgently” to protect Palestinians.
Israeli forces arrest 25 Palestinians in latest West Bank raids: Prisoners’ groups
The arrests took place across the governorates of Tulkarem, Hebron, Ramallah, Bethlehem and Jerusalem governorates, according to the Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
The 25 detainees join at least 10,400 Palestinians currently in Israeli custody, with more than 3,300 detained without charge or trial, according to the groups’ joint statement.
While raiding the targeted Palestinians’ homes, Israeli forces also vandalised their property, delivered threats and carried out field interrogations, the statement said.
Released prisoners facing ‘systematic terrorism’ by Israel: Prisoners’ group
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society has released a statement on Israeli actions against recently released prisoners under the ceasefire agreement in Gaza:
- Israeli forces practised “systematic terrorism” against the released prisoners and their families, including threats that reached the point of killings and arrests.
- They also raided the homes of prisoners, causing sabotage in some cases.
- They threatened to bomb places where well-wishers of the released prisoners gathered.
- One released prisoner was detained while he was heading to receive treatment at a hospital. He was subjected to abuse during his detention.
- This morning, Israeli forces summoned the released prisoner Ashwaq Awad to meet Israeli intelligence. In this context, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society expressed its fears that Israel could rearrest the released prisoners, especially under Military Order No (1651) of 2009, which allows this to happen even under exchange deals.
- Israeli forces practised acts of abuse and severe beatings against many prisoners before their release.
- The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society appealed to the mediators to seriously intervene to stop the systematic and organised terrorism practised against the released prisoners and their families.
Israeli forces tear down mosque in West Bank’s Jenin: Report
As we’ve been reporting, Israeli forces are continuing a violent raid in the city and the refugee camp of Jenin for the eighth straight day.
During the incursion, they demolished Hamza Mosque, located in the Jenin refugee camp, reports the Wafa news agency, citing local sources.
Israeli forces also stormed homes in the eastern part of the camp, while bulldozers kept wrecking infrastructure in the al-Hawashin and al-Alup neighbourhoods, said Wafa.
The Israeli military operation has so far killed 16 people and injured dozens across the governorate of Jenin.
Journalist among two people injured by Israeli gunfire in Tulkarem
Two Palestinians, including a journalist, have been injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank, according to medics and local media.
The official news agency Wafa said journalist Nagham al-Zayt sustained shrapnel wounds to her right hand while covering an Israeli military incursion in eastern Tulkarem city.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that a 20-year-old man was also injured in his face by Israeli fire in Tulkarem and was transferred to a hospital for treatment.
The Israeli army continued a military operation in the Tulkarem refugee camp for the second day in a row on Tuesday. They have killed at least two people, injured dozens and displaced hundreds of families since Monday.
The assault marks an expansion of a continuing military operation in the nearby Jenin refugee camp, where at least 16 people have been killed and 50 others injured since January 21.
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