Clashes, arrests as Israeli forces raid occupied West Bank
The Wafa news agency is reporting that Israeli forces have shot and wounded a 17-year-old Palestinian teenager with a rubber bullet during clashes in the town of Abwein in the occupied West Bank.
The soldiers also stormed a number of homes and ransacked them, it said. They also demolished a Palestinian home in the village of Shuqba, near the city of Ramallah. Further north, in the town of Meithalun, near the city of Jenin, Israeli forces raided a number of homes and arrested two young men. They also stormed the nearby village of Anza and arrested two others.
The arrests come as Israel’s offensive in Jenin continues for the 114th consecutive day.
Palestinian boy shot, wounded by Israeli forces in West Bank
A Palestinian boy has been shot and wounded by rubber bullets from Israeli forces during a raid on the town of Abwein, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The Wafa news agency is reporting that the 17-year-old was injured in the foot.
The Israeli army raided several homes in the town and searched and ransacked them, the report added.
Israeli army deploys to Tulkarem camps, carries out demolitions in Jenin’s: Report
Israeli forces have deployed military vehicles to Tulkarem and its two refugee camps in the occupied West Bank while obstructing the movement of residents and vehicles, Wafa news agency reports.
The report added that the army was deployed along the road connecting the Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps.
The army also continued demolitions inside the Jenin camp while preventing access to its residents. About 600 homes in the camp have so far been demolished and more than 22,000 people have been displaced, the report said.
