Israeli forces shoot Palestinian woman in the head in West Bank
We are getting reports of more casualties as Israeli forces continue a crackdown across the occupied West Bank.
According to Wafa and local sources, Israeli forces have:
- Shot and wounded a 20-year-old woman in the head in the town of Qusra, near Nablus, after shooting a nine-year-old girl in the head in the same area earlier
- Opened fire during a raid on the village of ar-Rihiya, wounding a 14-year-old boy
- Clashed with Palestinians in the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah
- Deployed live rounds and tear gas in the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, causing several suffocation injuries
- Stormed a market area in the centre of Qalqilya city
- Raided a residential building in Nablus, as well as the town of al-Issawiya, near occupied East Jerusalem; the town of Beit Kahil, near Hebron; and the town of Tuqu, near Bethlehem
Israeli forces carry out mass arrests across West Bank
Here’s what we know:
- Israeli soldiers arrested at least six Palestinians in Azzun, in the Qalqilya governorate of the northern West Bank. The soldiers raided the Palestinians’ homes, vandalised their contents and stole sums of money, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report.
- Israeli forces also arrested a number of young men before withdrawing from the town of Qaffin in Tulkarem, also in the north of the West Bank.
- Meanwhile, Israeli forces launched a large-scale arrest campaign in the town of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, in the southern West Bank.
Israeli forces demolish more homes around West Bank’s Tulkarem
The Israeli military has issued new demolition orders against homes in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces continue to demolish homes and infrastructure around Tulkarem, in the north of the occupied West Bank, Wafa reports. The army demolished several residential buildings in al-Manshiyya in the Nur Shams camp after destroying 17 homes on Wednesday.
Earlier this week, the army demolished 11 houses in the camp. It also continued to impose a tight siege on the Tulkarem camp, preventing entry or exit, the Palestinian news agency added.
Israeli forces set fire to Palestinian house in Jenin: Report
Heavy smoke is billowing from the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank after Israeli forces set fire to a building in the area, according to Al Quds Today.
