IOF launch extensive raids across West Bank, Resistance defends Nablus
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The Israeli occupation forces have arrested a number of Palestinians across the West Bank, including a woman and a university student.
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Smoke rises in the Tulkarm refugee camp in the West Bank as the Israeli occupation continues its war, on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. (AP)
Several Palestinians were killed, including a woman, after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched a series of wide-scale raids across the West Bank.
In Nablus, the IOF stormed the vicinity of the National Hospital, the eastern district, the Askar refugee camp in the east, and the town of Beita in the south. However, the occupation soldiers were confronted by the Palestinian Resistance who used an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the Askar camp.
In the same area, the IOF arrested liberated prisoner Salloum Jawde after storming his home.
من اقتحام قوات الاحتلال مخيم عسكر الجديد شرق نابلس pic.twitter.com/xSj9uqgZYC
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In al-Khalil, the IOF raided the town of Sa'ir, as well as the Fawar refugee camp, where they detained Palestinian youth Jamil Abu Hashash after storming his home. Another Palestinian was arrested in the southern town of Urif.
Meanwhile, the town of Kobar in Ramallah saw the IOF arresting a Palestinian woman. Four Palestinians were also detained across the towns of Turmus Ayya and Burham, including Ali Mashhour, a student at Birzeit University after his home was raided in Turmus Ayya.
متابعة | قوات الاحتلال تعتقل الطالب في جامعة بيرزيت، علي مشهور، بعد مداهمة منزله في بلدة ترمسعيا شرق رام الله. pic.twitter.com/SmErwrjjmB
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Beit Lahm was also subject to Israeli aggression after occupation forces stormed the al-Dheisheh refugee camp. The IOF left behind them utter destruction after also storming the house of Palestinian Mounir al-Jaafari, whom the IOF were searching for.
Around 40,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from their homes across the West Bank after the Israeli occupation forces ignited the war against its towns and refugee camps, making it the highest recorded number since the occupation of the territories in 1967.
Hamas mourns its martyrs following Wednesday's aggression
On Wednesday, Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas mourned the martyrs of Tubas who were killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli occupation forces after refusing to surrender following the siege of a house in the al-Faraa refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
The martyrs were identified as Youssef Tayeh, Mohammad Baria, and Youssef al-Asmar.
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent earlier reported that three Palestinians were killed in al-Faraa refugee camp, south of Tubas in the northern West Bank, noting that Israeli forces had taken their bodies.
Earlier, confrontations erupted between Palestinian Resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces who stormed the camp, besieged a house, and targeted it with Energa grenades. In response, Resistance fighters targeted occupation forces with an explosive device.
Meanwhile, in Nablus, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported that a 15-year-old boy was injured by Israeli gunfire in the town of Beita, which was stormed by Israeli forces amid confrontations with Palestinian youths.
Confrontations also broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces during a raid on the village of Tell in Nablus, where occupation troops stormed Palestinian homes.
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