Israeli soldiers arrest Palestinians across West Bank
Israeli forces launched a series of raids this morning across the occupied Palestinian territory, arresting at least 11 people in Hebron and closing entrances to several towns in the governorate.
Five more arrests were made northwest of Ramallah, with another three in Nablus, according to Wafa. During a raid on the Aktaba suburb east of Tulkarem, Israeli soldiers arrested two young men and reportedly used a child as a human shield.
Several more arrests were reported in Kafr Ra’i, south of Jenin, where Israeli forces used a schoolyard as an interrogation centre. Another raid took place in the Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem.
Israel has killed 1,000 Palestinians in occupied West Bank since October 2023
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has escalated its violence in the occupied West Bank, killing at least 1,000 Palestinians.
As the world was distracted by Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 56,331 people and uprooted nearly the entire population of 2.3 million, Israel ramped up its violent raids on the West Bank, as well as its silence as Israeli settlers attack and kill Palestinian villagers.
The most recent casualty was Samer Bassam al-Zagharneh, a young man who was shot by Israeli soldiers on July 1.
Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
The Palestinians, including a 15-year-old, were killed in separate incidents, the Health Ministry says.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the teen’s shooting. In the second incident, it said, a “suspicious individual” was seen trying to cross into Israel from the southern West Bank, prompting soldiers to open fire.
Israel is attacking the refugee camps in Jenin, Tulkarem, Nur Shams, Far’a and Nablus, causing mass displacement.
It has used some of the same tactics it deployed in Gaza, such as laying a complete siege on the camps and uprooting most of the inhabitants, according to Forensic Architecture, a research group that investigates and monitors human rights abuses.
