IOF intensifies West Bank operations, 1 martyr while dozens detained

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
20 Nov 2023 14:14

Israeli Occupation Forces stormed various areas in the West Bank, during which one Palestinian was killed by IOF fire while dozens of others were arrested.

Bashar al-Qaryoute, a Palestinian Red Crescent medic, displays stun grenades that he has collected from attacks by IOF on his ambulance in Qaryout, occupied West Bank, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (AP)

One Palestinian resident of al-Aroub, in the occupied West Bank's al-Khalil area, was martyred after being fire upon by Israeli Occupation Forces during a raid conducted against the Al-Aroub refugee camp while dozens of other Palestinians were arrested in raids across the West Bank.

The Palestinian Red Crescent announced announced that it received the body of 21-year-old martyr Mohammad Adel Mohammad al-Sarahine, at the entrance of the al-Aroub refugee camp.

📷 Arrests since last night in Hebron
🎥 A seriously injured person is arrested at the entrance to Al-Arroub camp, north of Hebron pic.twitter.com/KzTjBkuHeb
— ‏تمار 🌴 Тама́р 🌴 תמר (@tamars) November 20, 2023

Occupation forces not only shot at al-Sarahine, but also prevented the Red Crescent crews from reaching his location to stabilize him, holding them back until he passed away.

وثقت جمعية #الهلال_الأحمر_الفلسطيني ارتفاعا ملحوظا في الانتهاكات الإسرائيلية ضد طواقمها في الضفة الغربية منذ بدء العدوان على #غزة، حيث بلغ عدد الانتهاكات 180 انتهاكا.@PalestineRCS @ICRC_ar pic.twitter.com/YM2Hd6XLdO
— المركز العربي للقانون الدولي الإنساني (@ACIHL1) November 20, 2023

IOF arrests dozens

In parallel, institutions concerned with Palestinian prisoner affairs reported that the IOF arrested dozens of Palestinians from across the West Bank, and transferred them for investigation under the pretext of involvement or participation in Resistance activities.

As for the arrests, the IOF detained over 16 residents across al-Khalil during the massive arrest campaign conducted in the occupied West Bank.

🚨⚡ متداول..

الجيش الإسرائيلي يعتدي بالبنادق على شبان خلال تحقيق ميداني بعد إقتحام منازلهم في مخيم بلاطة شرق نابلس. pic.twitter.com/EieyspQc64
— FOUZI CHOUDER 🟢ALGERIA 🇩🇿🤝🇵🇸SETIF 💥GHAZA💪 (@chouder_fouzi10) November 20, 2023

In Nablus, the IOF stormed the town of Qaryut, in a campaign of home raids and searches, leaving all houses they forced themselves into vandalized and often arresting their residents.

In Tubas, a Palestinian was injured by IOF bullets during confrontations with the occupation forces, reinforced with a number of military vehicles, including a bulldozer, after they stormed the al-Faraa camp and the village of Wadi Al-Faraa.

Students arrested

In Ariha, the 10,000-year-old city best known for its Canaanite history and Biblical significance and its prominent culture of coexistence, confrontations erupted after the IOF raided the city of Ariha and the Aqabat Jabr camp, arresting a young Palestinian after he was shot and injured.

In Ramallah's Umm al-Sharayet, the IOF arrested Mohammad Zgheer from inside his house.

قوات الاحتلال تعتقل الأسير المقدسي المحرر محمد زغير من منزله بالقدس المحتلة، فجر اليوم. pic.twitter.com/TPjAOAph3f
— قدس بلس (@PlusQuds) November 20, 2023

Similarly, the Birzet University student Dania Hanatsheh was arrested after raiding her house in Ramallah al-Tahta.

WEST BANK November 20

IOF forces arrested Birzeit University student Dania Hanatsheh after raiding her home in the Al-Tahta neighborhood in Ramallah pic.twitter.com/jBACwGJFVw
— ‏تمار 🌴 Тама́р 🌴 תמר (@tamars) November 20, 2023

IOF, settlers attack, expel olive harvesters from lands in West Bank

Israeli occupation forces, along with settlers, attacked Palestinians, earlier on November 18, and engaged in harvesting their olive crops, forcing them out of their ancestral lands due to mounting assaults and intensifying settler violence.

In the village of Burin in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, situated south of Nablus, settlers, accompanied by Israeli occupation forces, assaulted Palestinian farmers harvesting olives. The attackers confiscated both the harvested crops and the tools used for the harvesting, according to local sources.

In the village of al-Sawiyeh, south of Nablus, the IOF compelled olive pickers to stop their harvest and evacuate their lands, according to Mahmoud Hassan, the head of the village council. Hassan stated that the IOF deployed tear gas canisters in the eastern part of the village, hindering the landowners from continuing their work and forcing them to leave.

On the left side of the picture is Bilal Saleh, a Palestinian farmer. This morning, he was picking olives in his land in the village of Sawiya, north of the occupied West Bank, a few minutes before Israeli terror settler militias raided his land and shot him dead in cold blood. pic.twitter.com/SpM7huQIM8
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 28, 2023

In the southern West Bank villages of Kisan and Nahalin, the IOF stormed the areas and prevented farmers from harvesting their olive crops, according to Hasan Breijieh from the Wall and Colonies Resistance Commission.

Earlier, soldiers conducted a raid north of Nahalin, firing shots to intimidate farmers and force them out of their lands, threatening them not to return. In Kisan, soldiers obstructed landowners from harvesting olives on their lands near illegal settlements.