Israeli forces shoot, wound five Palestinians in West Bank village: Report
Israeli forces have opened fire on a group of young Palestinian men in the village of Deir Jarir in the occupied West Bank, wounding five of them, reports the Wafa news agency.
The forces detained one of the gunshot victims before he was able to receive medical attention, the agency quoted village council head Fathi Hamdan as saying.
Israeli forces also closed off the main entrance to Deir Jarir for several hours.
What’s happening in Tulkarem?
Israel’s military has launched an intense crackdown on the city of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank after two soldiers were wounded when their armoured vehicle was hit by an explosive device.
Israeli forces have since imposed a curfew on the city and rounded up hundreds of Palestinians, reportedly pulling them out of cafes, businesses and restaurants and forcing them to march to a military checkpoint.
Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim, who has reported extensively from the occupied West Bank, called the campaign a “show of humiliation”.
Israeli forces are “trying to remind everyone that if there’s any incident in any place in the occupied West Bank that they do not like, that they see as threatening their forces … then they’re going to crack down, not just on the perpetrators, not just on the villages, but on everyone in that vicinity,” Ibrahim said.
Israeli soldiers detain Palestinians during a raid near a checkpoint west of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, on September 11
Israeli forces intensify raids, make more arrests across West Bank
In addition to its intensive campaign in Tulkarem, Israel’s military has carried out raids and arrests in several other parts of the occupied West Bank, spanning the governorates of Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus.
According to the Wafa news agency, Israeli forces:
- Seized a Palestinian home in the town of Beitin, near Ramallah, and turned it into a makeshift military post
- Raided the town of Beit Ummar, near Hebron, where they arrested a man, set up checkpoints and searched several homes
- Raided the town of ad-Dhahiriya near Hebron, arresting an elderly man and his son, while also raiding a nearby cattle market
- Raided the town of Qusra, near Nablus, without making any arrests.
Stabbing attack near Jerusalem, two reported wounded
A man has carried out a stabbing attack in a hotel in the Israeli kibbutz of Tzova, on the outskirts of West Jerusalem, injuring guests there, according to Israeli police.
In a statement, the police said the suspect is from occupied East Jerusalem’s Shu’fat refugee camp and was apprehended by a police officer staying at the hotel.
The Times of Israel reports that two people were injured in the attack, including a 50-year-old who is in “serious condition” but conscious.
Israeli police arrest three others after Jerusalem stabbing attack
Israeli police have issued a new statement on the stabbing attack that took place in a hotel in Israel’s Tzova, near West Jerusalem.
Police said the suspect, who they identified as being from occupied East Jerusalem’s Shu’fat refugee camp, is a hotel employee who entered the dining room and stabbed two guests.
In addition to apprehending the suspect, police say they have arrested three other people suspected of being “connected to the incident”.
Israel’s Arutz Sheva reports that the two victims of the stabbing – one of whom is hurt “severely” – have been taken to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.
