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IOF demolishes 2 houses in Nablus, strikes Balata camp with drones

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  • 15 Dec 2023 10:37
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The Israeli occupation launches a series of attacks on the city of Nablus in the West Bank, and detains a number of Palestinians.

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  • Israeli occupation forces are seen during an army operation, in the Jenin refugee camp, West Bank, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP)
    Israeli occupation forces are seen during an army operation, in the Jenin refugee camp, West Bank, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP)

The Israeli occupation forces blew up the family home of prisoner Hamid Kayed Sabbah, and demolished the family home of prisoner Ziad Jibril Al-Safadi, in the village of Urif, south of Nablus.

Local sources reported that a large number of IOF, accompanied by a bulldozer, stormed the village of Urif, surrounded the home of Sabbah’s family, and forcefully evacuated the family and the neighboring homes, before blowing up the apartment which used to house 4 families of 16 individuals.

During the same raid, the occupation forces also demolished the family home of al-Safadi.

💢فيديو | جرافات الاحتلال تهدم منزل الأسير زياد الصفدي في بلدة عوريف جنوب نابلس والذي ينسب له الاحتلال الضلوع بعملية مستوطنة "عيلي" قبل 6 شهور pic.twitter.com/onwdOWEDmy

— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) December 15, 2023

It is worth noting that the two detainees had been detained before the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. As such, the crime of demolishing and bombing the homes of the families of martyrs and detainees is classified as part of the “collective punishment” policy pursued by the Israeli occupation in clear violation of international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Moreover in Nablus, the IOF used drones to strike two locations: a site on Amman Street and another in Balata Refugee Camp, east of Nablus.

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As part of the raid, the occupation forces stormed the local council building and several homes, before detaining three Palestinians Youssef Shehadeh, Ammar Shehadeh, and Abdullah Shehadeh, after searching their homes.

تغطية صحفية: من شارع عمان في نابلس بعد تعرضه للقصف من قبل طيران الاحتلال المسيَر pic.twitter.com/ATjF4Rskas

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) December 15, 2023

1 Israeli sgt. dead, 4 injured in Gaza Strip confrontations

The Israeli occupation forces acknowledged the death of a soldier, in addition to the serious wounding of four others, including two officers, in ground battles in the south and north of the Gaza Strip.

Under the "permitted to publish" clause, Israeli media announced the death of a soldier, a fighter in the 603rd Engineering Battalion, who was killed in ground battles south of the Gaza Strip.

The injured include two officers, One of them an officer in the 51st Battalion, Golani Brigade, who was wounded in the north of the Gaza Strip, and the second a reserve armor officer in the 7029th Battalion, Ram Formation (179), who was wounded in the south.

The other two injured were a reserve fighter in the 710th Engineering Battalion, “RAM” Formation (179), who was wounded in the north of the Gaza Strip, and a reserve fighter in the 2855th Battalion, who was wounded during the battles taking place in the south.

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