IOF detains pregnant Palestinian woman, other citizens in West Bank
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Israeli occupation forces conduct home raids across the occupied West Bank and detain citizens.
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Israeli occupation forces storming the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus in the West Bank on November 19, 2023. (AFP)
A pregnant Palestinian woman, among other Palestinians, was detained on Friday by Israeli occupation forces that carried out multiple raids across the occupied West Bank, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported.
Local sources reported that the Israeli forces raided the Jalazone camp north of Ramallah at dawn, storming several homes and vandalizing them.
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The Jalazone Media Center reported that Israeli forces detained Jihad Obeidat Nakhla, a 33-year-old teacher, in addition to a three-month pregnant mother of four, and two young men, Ahmed Mustafa al-Nawash and Muath Mamoun al-Ramahi.
The town of Qabatiya in south Jenin was stormed again this morning by Israeli forces, just a few hours after their withdrawal. Occupation soldiers besieged and raided the Zakarna cemetery, before raiding the homes of Palestinian youth Ahmed Jassim Awad Nazal and Asid al-Zaghloul and detaining them.
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IOF forced to withdraw in Balata
Israeli forces also raided the towns of Azzun and Jayus east of Qalqilya and raided several houses. In Azzun an Israeli special force besieged the house of Ashraf Salim before raiding and vandalizing it. Afterward, the occupation forces withdrew toward the neighboring town of Jayus and raided another house.
Furthermore, Israeli forces arrested brothers Ayman and Anas Saber al-Zaru after raiding their family home in the southern area of al-Khalil city.
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In the Balata camp in Nablus, Palestinian youth forced an Israeli unit to withdraw following hours of confrontations.
On Thursday, our correspondent reported that Palestinian teenager Khaled Arqawi was shot by Israeli occupation forces during their raid on Ramallah.
This unfolds amid ongoing confrontations in the West Bank, especially since the beginning of Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. Towns and cities in the West Bank endure daily raids, alongside extensive arrest campaigns, resulting in an increase in the number of martyrs and injuries from confrontations with the occupation forces.
