IOF renew West Bank raids amid confrontations with Resistance fighters

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies + Al Mayadeen
20 Jan 2024 03:28

Israeli occupation forces continue their frequent incursions and arrest campaigns against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and al-Quds.

Israeli occupation forces are seen during a raid in the Tulkarm refugee camp, West Bank, Wednesday, Jan.17, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

In the early hours of Saturday, Israeli occupation forces carried out incursions into several towns in the occupied West Bank amid intense confrontations with Palestinian Resistance fighters.

Supported by armored military vehicles, Israeli occupation forces raided the towns of Kafr Thulth and Azzun east of Qalqilya, and Tuqu' southeast of Beit Lahm, as well as the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus.

Palestinian youths confronted the Israeli forces' incursions, and confrontations were reported at the al-Tayaseer checkpoint east of Tubas in the occupied West Bank.

Additionally, Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas canisters during their raid into the Shuafat refugee camp north of occupied al-Quds where they detained a Palestinian woman.

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Earlier, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire and attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and occupied al-Quds since October 7 has risen to 361.

The ministry reported that the total number of Palestinian martyrs since the beginning of the year in the West Bank and al-Quds has risen to 42, following the martyrdom of a Palestinian youth on Thursday and nine others in Tulkarm and Nablus on Wednesday.

Amid the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, Israeli occupation forces have carried out frequent incursions and arrest campaigns against Palestinians in the West Bank and al-Quds, which include storming houses and destroying them, as well as sabotaging civilian infrastructure.