IOF raid West Bank; confrontations erupt in Jenin
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The Israeli occupation forces conduct violent raids on several areas in the occupied West Bank, as settlers aided the IOF in assaulting Palestinians and attacking their homes.
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An Israeli armored vehicle fires tear gas during an incursion in Jenin city in the occupied West Bank on July 4, 2023. (AFP)
In a series of pre-dawn operations on Sunday, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) executed raids across various regions of the West Bank.
The raids involved attacks from both military personnel and settlers, resulting in numerous confrontations with Palestinians.
Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, reported that its fighters engaged Israeli forces in the eastern neighborhood and Wadi area of Jenin, delivering intense bursts of gunfire at military vehicles and achieving direct hits.
Local media sources highlighted ongoing confrontations between Resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces in Jenin, where forces besieged a house in the Al-Sharqi neighborhood.
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In Ramallah, the IOF conducted raids in the towns of Bil'in and Qarawat Bani Zeid. In the town of Umm Safa, a Palestinian youth sustained injuries from gunfire by settlers.
In the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil, Israeli occupation forces targeted the Sinjar area, conducting vehicle checkpoints and arresting several young men.
Reports also discussed raids in the city of Dora and the town of Beit Ummar, where settlers attacked Palestinian homes with gunfire in the Jaber neighborhood and Wadi al-Hussain.
In Beit Lahm, Israeli forces raided the town of Al-Ubeidiya and the Old Town of Al-Khader.
IOF detained 10,700+ Palestinians in West Bank since Oct. 7: PPS
More than 10,700 Palestinians have been detained in the occupied West Bank since October 7, the Palestinian Prisoner Society revealed, noting that the number excludes the thousands arrested from the Gaza Strip.
On Friday, a joint statement issued by 31 organizations, including Save the Children, Human Rights Watch, and Oxfam, urged the international community to implement measures that would establish a critical protective presence and ensure that both children and adults in detention are treated with dignity and in accordance with international humanitarian and human rights law.
"This includes demanding that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is granted immediate and unfettered access to all detainees and hostages, to the full extent required by international humanitarian law," the statement stressed.
The organizations also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Palestinian children arbitrarily detained by the Israeli occupation military.
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