IOF renew raids and detainments in the West Bank
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Israeli occupation forces have initiated multiple raids, detaining young men and conducting home searches as part of their ongoing aggression against cities and camps in the West Bank.
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Israeli forces storming the town of Ras al-Jura in the al-Khalil Governorate, south of the West Bank (Social Media/ Palestinian media)
Palestinian media reported that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed on Tuesday at dawn various cities and camps in the West Bank, confirming that resistance fighters engaged in confrontations with the IOF.
The Al-Quds Brigades - Tulkarm Brigade announced that its fighters detonated an explosive device in an Israeli military vehicle in Anabta in the eastern region of the city, confirming a direct hit.
On a related note, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that a young man, Fares Khalifa, was shot dead by the IOF on Monday night at the Enab checkpoint in Tulkarm, in the northern West Bank.
Another martyr..
— Palestine Captives 𓂆 (@Palestinecapti1) January 15, 2024
⭕ The martyrdom of the liberated captive; Fares Khalifa, son of Nour Shams camp, after he was killed by the occupation's gunfire at Enab checkpoint, Tulkarem, #WestBank pic.twitter.com/dR9UMO5OKJ
For its part, the Palestinian Red Crescent announced that two were injured as a result of occupation bullets at the Israeli military checkpoints of Enab and Jabara at the entrance to the city of Tulkarm.
It is noteworthy that the martyr is a liberated prisoner who spent 14 years in the occupation prisons. He was martyred hours after the martyrdom of Ahed Emtir in the city of Dura, south of al-Khalil, along with another young Palestinian.
IOF storm Nablus
Israeli forces supported by bulldozers stormed the city of Nablus, north-central of the West Bank, where resistance fighters opened fire on the occupation forces during their storming of the eastern area of the city and the town of Beit Furik.
The occupation forces fired flares in the vicinity of the Beit Furik military checkpoint after it was targeted by a barrage of bullets by resistance fighters, coinciding with the outbreak of violent confrontations between young men and the occupation forces on the main street.
تعزيزات عسكرية تقتحم المنطقة الشرقية في مدينة #نابلس#فلسطين #الثورة_الكبرى pic.twitter.com/WZXq704GmP
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) January 16, 2024
Palestinian media reported that resistance fighters targeted a military vehicle belonging to the occupation forces with a highly explosive explosive device in the eastern region of Nablus.
Additionally, resistance fighters targeted occupation forces using a homemade device near the Askar camp, located east of Nablus. Concurrently, Palestinian medical authorities reported that a young man sustained injuries from bullets fired by the occupation forces amid confrontations.
قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي تقتحم مخيم عسكر الجديد شرقي #نابلس #الميادين #فلسطين #الثورة_الكبرى pic.twitter.com/OaMckjY4Ap
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) January 16, 2024
Occupation forces also arrested the liberated prisoner, Hazem Atta al-Rimawy, from Beit Rima, Ramallah, while he was passing through the Huwara checkpoint in Nablus.
IOF storm Ramallah
In the central West Bank, the occupation forces stormed the house of the detainee, Ayser Barghouti, in the al-Tira neighborhood in the city of Ramallah, coinciding with the storming of the town of Beit Sira, west of the city.
قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي تقتحم مدينة #رام_الله #فلسطين #الثورة_الكبرى pic.twitter.com/R6h40jHHNo
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) January 16, 2024
The city of Qalqilya, west of the central West Bank, witnessed an IOF raid, which led to the detainment of the liberated prisoner, Mohsen Shuraim, after storming his house in the Kafr Saba neighborhood of the city.
IOF raids into Areeha, al-Khalil
In Areeha, located in the east-central West Bank, local Palestinian media reported that Israeli forces carried out a raid before dawn on Tuesday. The forces allegedly entered the Ain Sultan camp in the city and surrounded a particular house within it.
Eyewitnesses conveyed that the occupation forces entered the camp through its northern entrance in the city of Areeha, deploying sound bombs indiscriminately. Concurrently, an Israeli military bulldozer reportedly damaged the internal streets of the camp during the incursion.
In al-Khalil, situated in the southern part of the West Bank, resistance fighters aimed at the 'Etzion' settlement, established on the lands of the town of Beit Ummar, north of the city. Simultaneously, Israeli forces conducted a raid on the towns of Idhna and Ras al-Jura in the al-Khalil district.
A sizable occupation force entered the town of Bani Naim, located east of al-Khalil, and conducted raids on the residences of Mahmoud and Ahmad Zaidat. The forces alleged that the two individuals were involved in the "Ra'anana" operation on Monday.
According to local Palestinian media, following the raids on the two houses, the occupation "army" detained members of the two families, conducted on-site investigations, and also measured the two houses, signaling preparations for potential demolition.
With the recent increase in martyrs yesterday, the total number of casualties in the West Bank has now reached 355 since the seventh of last October.
