Israeli forces fire live rounds, stun grenades in West Bank raids
Here’s what we know:
- Israeli forces fired live bullets and stun grenades during a raid on the village of Burqa, west of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to videos posted online by Palestinian media.
- The soldiers closed military checkpoints south of the occupied West Bank, preventing thousands of Palestinians from reaching their homes. They also closed the entrances to several Palestinian villages near Bethlehem, the Wafa news agency reported.
- In the town of Azzun in the northern Qalqilya governorate, Palestinian fighters claimed to have detonated an explosive device and fired volleys of bullets in confrontations with Israeli soldiers.
- And in Beit Rima, near Ramallah, Israeli forces seized a number of Palestinian vehicles, Wafa reported.
Israeli forces arrest two released Palestinian prisoners
Al Quds Today is reporting that Israeli forces have arrested Hashem Abu Turk and Adeeb al-Qawasmi during a raid on the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
Stepped-up military action in Nablus in ongoing West Bank assault
Israeli forces have been in Jenin for more than 40 days now and have destroyed the three refugee camps in that area.
There is now more focus on the Nablus area, which is quite a large governorate. There are several large illegal Israeli settlements there as well. We are seeing more stepped-up military action in Nablus and villages around Tubas.
The Israeli army has been moving from the northern tip of the West Bank further down to the south. It has said this is going to be a prolonged and comprehensive military assault on the entire territory of the West Bank.
Settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyard
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic, citing local sources, report that Israeli settlers stormed the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque while Israeli troops disabled loudspeakers in the Marwani prayer hall.
There have been daily incursions by hundreds of Israeli settlers into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound – Islam’s third-holiest site – during the holy month of Ramadan.
Israeli authorities have also placed severe restrictions on Palestinians travelling to the compound from the occupied West Bank.
Israeli soldiers roll Palestinian car off cliff in occupied West Bank
This is the moment Israeli soldiers pushed a Palestinian’s car off a cliff after arresting him during a traffic stop in Hebron in the occupied West Bank:
Israeli forces blow up home in Jenin camp
The house was located on Mahyoub Street in the besieged Jenin refugee camp, the occupied West Bank, where Israel’s military continues its weekslong incursion.
Footage shared by the Palestinian Information Center appears to show clouds of smoking rising around the destroyed home.
About 40,000 Palestinians have been driven from their homes in the Israeli-occupied territory since January.
Israeli forces storm village near Jenin
Our colleagues, quoting local sources, report that Israeli tanks entered areas in and around the village of Wadi Burqin in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli tanks fired smoke bombs at vehicles and civilians, sources said.
Footage published on local media outlets and verified by Al Jazeera shows an Israeli military convoy moving along a road near Jenin as smoke billows from the roadside. Israel’s continuing deadly raids in the occupied West Bank have killed at least 25 Palestinians and displaced 40,000 so far this year.
Translation: Press coverage | Occupation tanks fire smoke shells during the storming of Wadi Burqin, west of Jenin in the West Bank.
Israeli tank fires in attack on Wadi Burqin in West Bank
Video filmed by local Palestinian journalists has emerged of an Israeli tank opening fire in Wadi Burqin, west of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.
The tank was firing towards a mountainous area, according to the journalists.
We reported earlier that the Israeli military was conducting a raid in Wadi Burqin, where Israeli forces had fired smoke bombs at vehicles and civilians.
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