Four teens wounded in Israeli raids on West Bank
The Wafa news agency says the four teenagers were wounded in two different raids in the occupied West Bank.
In the town of Beit Ummar, near the city of Hebron, Israeli forces shot and injured two of them in their thighs and one in his leg. All of them, aged 16 years, were transferred to hospitals nearby for treatment. In the same town, the soldiers also arrested an 18-year-old and her father and opened fire on worshippers at a mosque there, the agency reported.
In a separate raid on the Balata refugee camp, near the city of Nablus, Israeli forces shot a 15-year-old in the foot. He was also taken to hospital.
Israeli soldiers also fired stun grenades and tear gas during raids in the Nablus area, the agency added.
At least 12 arrested near West Bank’s Ramallah, Tulkarem in violent raids: Report
Israeli forces have carried out a wave of violent raids across the occupied West Bank, rounding up at least a dozen Palestinians, vandalising a shop and carrying out field interrogations, according to the Wafa news agency.
The report said the soldiers arrested:
- Six people in the town of Qaffin, northeast of Tulkarem.
- Two people in the town of Silwad, near Ramallah.
- Two people in the Jalazone refugee camp.
- One person in Ramallah.
- One person in the village of Ein Siniya, near Ramallah.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces continued months-long incursions into the Tulkarem and Nur Shams camps, breaking into and searching homes and imposing new movement restrictions, Wafa said.
Israeli forces enter Beit Jala as West Bank raids continue
The Israeli military has raided the town of Beit Jala, north of Bethlehem, as it continues to carry out assaults across the occupied West Bank.
Local Palestinian platforms posted videos on Telegram verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking unit showing military vehicles entering the town and raiding a house.
Separately, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that the Israeli army arrested four people in the town of al-Masara in Bethlehem governorate.
Israeli forces also conducted raids in Nablus, Qalqilya, Attil and Qaffin. In Qaffin north of Tulkarem, six people were arrested during raids on several homes, Wafa reported.
