Israeli forces carry out large scale detention campaign in West Bank
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Israeli occupation forces detain dozens of Palestinians in several areas of the occupied West Bank before confrontations erupted with local resistance fighters.
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Israeli police secure the area at the Qalandia checkpoint between occupied al-Quds and the occupied West Bank, on Saturday, December 7, 2024. (AP)
The Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of detentions across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, targeting Palestinians in a widespread campaign.
In al-Khalil, located in the southern West Bank, 15 individuals were detained, while 17 were detained in the city of Areeha. In the northern West Bank, one individual was detained in the town of Silat al-Harithiya, west of Jenin, and two others were detained in Nablus.
When Israeli forces entered the village of Madama, south of Nablus, confrontations erupted between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers. The clashes escalated as the occupation forces fired live ammunition, tear gas, and sound bombs. The IOF also stormed the town of Burqa in Nablus.
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Further incursions took place in the towns of Silwad and Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, as well as in the village of Marda in the Salfit district, where Israeli forces used sonic grenades.
In addition to the arrests, Israeli authorities seized 94 dunums of agricultural land in Beit Jala, west of Beit Lahm in the southern West Bank. Palestinian media reported the confiscation as part of ongoing settlement expansion efforts.
IOF kill civilians in Tubas
On Monday, similar confrontations broke out due to Israeli repression and mass detention campaigns.
In Tubas, the al-Qassam Brigades announced that its fighters engaged the Israeli occupation forces in fierce confrontations with automatic weapons near the city’s main street, forcing the IOF to withdraw. During the incursion, the Israeli occupation launched an airstrike on Tubas, killing two Palestinians.
In a precedented move, medical teams were prevented from reaching the martyrs as Israeli occupation forces detained their bodies.
Earlier, an undercover Israeli special unit infiltrated central Tubas disguised in civilian clothing and stormed a money exchange company.
Once their presence was revealed, the Israeli occupation deployed reinforcements and military vehicles in various neighborhoods, seizing equipment and documents from the company. During the operation, a young man from Tubas was detained.
