Three Palestinians were injured during a raid by the Israeli occupation forces in the city of al-Bireh in the central West Bank, reported the Palestinian news agency, WAFA, early this Friday morning. 

According to local sources, Israeli occupation forces entered al-Bireh with several military vehicles, stationed in the neighborhoods of Sufat Marhaba and Um al-Sharayet, and deployed foot patrols throughout these areas.

Young men were injured by IOF’s bullets in the Umm Al-Sharayet neighborhood in Al-Bireh city, West Bank. pic.twitter.com/wx42naeVxJ

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The report confirmed that three civilians were injured during the raid on the Um al-Sharayet neighborhood.

Additionally, Israeli occupation forces raided the city of Nablus and the town of Aqaba to the south. A young man from the town of Hizma, north of occupied al-Quds, was reportedly detained.

قوات الاحتلال تقتحم حي ام الشرايط في مدينة البيرة#فلسطين pic.twitter.com/Ww24woa27a

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It is important to note that the Israeli occupation's aggressions against the West Bank have intensified following the Israeli assassination of Hamas' political bureau chief, Ismail Haniyeh, while he was in Tehran.

West Bank Resistance launch ops in response to Haniyeh assassination

Palestinian Resistance factions carried out on Wednesday a series of operations targeting Israeli occupation forces and settlers in various areas of the occupied West Bank.

Al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for two shooting attacks that took place in al-Khalil.

In the first operation, an Israeli settler was shot from point-blank range near the Kiryat Arba settlement, while the second shooting targeted an Israeli military force positioned near the Ibrahimi Mosque at the center of the city.

Local Palestinian media reported that these operations were "the initial response to the cowardly assassination of the great national leader, martyr Ismail Haniyeh."

In turn, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades announced that their fighters opened fire at a gathering of Israeli soldiers on Mount Gerizim, confirming that direct hits were achieved.

The group said the operation came as part of the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation and in response to "the crimes of the Zionist enemy against our Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank and the assassination of Resistance leaders."

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