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Israeli army storms refugee camps in northern West Bank

Israeli forces have stormed the al-Ein and Balata refugee camps near Nablus city, Wafa news agency has reported. Both camps are in the north of the occupied West Bank.

Videos shared online, and verified by Al Jazeera, show several army vehicles raiding the Balata camp.

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian farmers working on their land in the village of Farkha, south of Salfit, according to a local official quoted by Wafa news agency. The report said that the armed settlers shot at the farmers “and uprooted centuries-old olive trees”.

Following the attack, Israeli forces detained 10 Palestinians.

Israeli settlers attack water source, uproot trees in occupied West Bank

A group of Israeli settlers have attacked a spring in the northern Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank where Palestinians take their cattle to drink water, according to Wafa.

The news agency also reported another settler attack in Khirbet Samra, also in the northern Jordan Valley, saying settlers roamed among Palestinian tents in an attempt to scare away families, including children.

In Khirbet Masoud, located southwest of Jenin, settlers used bulldozers to uproot olive trees on Palestinian land in an attempt to expand an illegal Israeli pastoral settlement established in 2019.

The Wadi Rahhal village of Bethlehem was subjected to a settler attack as well, Wafa reported, saying three Palestinian farmers suffered bruises from a beating by settlers. In the Old City of Hebron, Israeli soldiers backed an incursion by settlers.

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Israeli soldiers fire tear gas, make arrests as they back settler raids in West Bank

Several more raids by Israeli soldiers and attacks by settlers have been recorded across the occupied West Bank in the past several hours amid efforts to drive out Palestinians.

Israeli soldiers arrested two child brothers after storming the southeastern part of the town of Qusra, located in Nablus, amid heavy gunfire and tear gas release, according to the Wafa news agency.

They also hit Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah, to provide cover for attacking settlers. They fired tear gas in Qalandiya refugee camp and Kafr Aqab town, located north of occupied East Jerusalem, causing suffocation injuries.

Two more settler attacks were also recorded in the villages of Deir Jarir and Rammun in Ramallah.