Israeli forces bomb Jenin camp, besiege Tulkarem hospital
As we have previously reported, the Israeli army has carried out a weeks-long military operation in the Jenin governorate in the occupied West Bank, which has more recently been expanded to the Tulkarem governorate.
The Palestinian Red Crescent now reports that Israeli forces have bombed the Jenin refugee camp, resulting in three women being wounded by shrapnel.
Our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues also report clashes over recent hours between Palestinian fighters and Israeli forces during a siege on a house in a southern neighbourhood of Tulkarem.
Israeli forces are also besieging the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem, according to the Quds News Network.
Israeli military wounds Palestinian in Fawwar camp
Israeli forces have wounded a Palestinian after storming the Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, the Palestine Red Crescent reports.
Israeli military drone bombs besieged house in Jenin
We have been reporting on Israel’s ongoing assault on the Jenin area in the occupied West Bank, including a bombing which wounded three women earlier tonight. The Quds News Network and the Palestinian Information Center now report that an Israeli drone has bombed a besieged house in al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin.
No casualties have been reported so far.
Israeli forces besiege second house in Tulkarem, arrest 2 men
As we have been reporting, the Israeli military has stormed the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem and besieged several locations over recent hours. Heavy gunfire has been reported and Israeli reconnaissance flights are taking place, according to the Wafa news agency.
The Israeli military has surrounded a house in the Engineers Housing Complex in the east of the city, before demanding via loudspeakers that those inside surrender and arresting two men, according to Wafa.
Israeli military says it shot 2 suspects allegedly hurling firebombs near Bethlehem
The Israeli military has said its troops fired on two suspects it claims were throwing firebombs towards a highway from the Palestinian village of al-Khader, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
“The soldiers fired towards the terrorists … and hits were identified,” the military said in a statement.
The condition of the men is not immediately clear. The Israeli military reported no injuries to Israeli citizens as a result of the firebombs thrown at Route 60, the statement added.
Palestinian fighters target Israeli forces with explosive device near Jenin
We have been reporting on the Israeli military’s assault on Jenin and Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank overnight, including a drone attack on a besieged house in al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin.
Al-Quds Brigades – Jenin Battalion, the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), has now claimed it confronted Israeli forces in al-Yamoun, detonating “pre-prepared explosive devices” targeting Israeli military vehicles, with “confirmed casualties”.
As we reported earlier, PIJ forces said they attacked Israeli forces in Tulkarem, also claiming “confirmed casualties”.