Schools suspended in Tubas due to Israeli raid
An ongoing Israeli raid has led to the suspension of in-person classes at schools and kindergartens in Tubas in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.
Azmi Balawneh, Tubas’s director of education, said the decision was made as a result of incursions by Israeli soldiers into the city, towns and villages of the Tubas Governorate. The raid began at midnight.
Israeli forces demolish farms, kill thousands of chickens in West Bank raids
Israeli forces have demolished two Palestinian agricultural sites in the occupied West Bank, destroying a poultry farm and killing thousands of chickens, according to local officials quoted by the Wafa news agency.
In the village of Umm al-Rihan, west of Jenin, Israeli soldiers stormed a poultry farm, electrocuting 7,000 laying hens and demolishing their 1,000sq-metre (10,765sq-ft) structure.
The farm owner estimated his losses at more than 500,000 shekels ($130,000). The head of the village council said military vehicles and a bulldozer carried out the raid behind the separation wall near Ya’bad.
In Wadi Fukin, west of Bethlehem, soldiers demolished an agricultural room belonging to a local farmer, claiming it lacked a building permit.
The incidents follow footage released earlier this week showing Israeli settlers attacking a Palestinian hamlet in the South Hebron Hills and slaughtering sheep belonging to Palestinian residents.
Israel maintains siege on Tulkarem camp, bulldozes main road
Israeli forces have also continued their military assault in the northern occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem, bulldozing roads at the entrance to the refugee camp, which has been under siege for 283 days.
According to Wafa news agency, bulldozers tore up the main road at the camp’s northern entrance, causing further damage to infrastructure already destroyed in previous incursions. Israeli forces have also kept displaced residents from returning, sealing all access points with concrete blocks and gates and turning homes into military posts.
Wafa said the nearby Nur Shams camp also remains blockaded for the 270th day. Residents attempting to protest their displacement were dispersed by soldiers at gunpoint.
More than 25,000 people have been forcibly displaced from the two camps since the start of the Israeli invasion, with thousands of homes damaged or destroyed and at least 14 Palestinians killed, including a child and two women.
Three Palestinians, including children, detained in latest Israeli raid on Tubas
Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians, including two minors, during a raid in the northern occupied West Bank city of Tubas, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
Kamal Bani Odeh, the head of the group’s office in Tubas, said Israeli troops detained 17-year-old Abdulqader Dababreh and 16-year-old Ibrahim Khalil after raiding their family homes in the city. They also arrested 37-year-old Azzat Bisharat in the nearby town of Tammun.
He said Israeli forces stormed several areas overnight, including Tubas city, Far’a refugee camp, and the towns of Tammun and Aqqaba, in a roughly 12-hour incursion that involved home raids, searches and property destruction. Some homes were seized for military use, and residents were forced out, he added.
Israeli forces often carry out near-daily raids into Palestinian towns and cities. They are frequently accompanied by violent confrontations, mass arrests, and home demolitions.
Israeli forces raid West Bank towns, confrontations reported
Israeli forces carried out raids in the occupied West Bank, entering the towns of Nilin west of Ramallah and Beit Furik east of Nablus, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency.
In Nilin, troops stormed several neighbourhoods, stopped residents and checked their IDs, sparking confrontations with Palestinians in the area. No injuries or arrests were reported.
Separately, Israeli forces entered the centre of Beit Furik, firing stun grenades and tear gas, local sources said. According to Al Jazeera’s correspondent on the ground, confrontations broke out in Beit Furik, as well. There have been no reports of injuries or arrests.
Israeli forces clash with Palestinians in towns in occupied West Bank
Clashes have erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces in multiple locations in the occupied West Bank, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting.
A local source said clashes had broken out in the town of Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem, with Israeli forces firing tear gas at the Palestinians. As we reported earlier, clashes have also broken out during a raid in Beit Furik, east of Nablus, where Israeli forces fired stun grenades and tear gas.
Confrontations were also reported when Israeli forces stormed the town of Nilin, west of Ramallah.
