Israeli occupation carries out raids in W. Bank, confrontations erupt

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
5 Mar 2024 09:00
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Israeli occupation forces carry out a series of incursions into various areas across the West Bank and detain a number of Palestinians in Tulkarm and Ramallah.

Locals gather around the destroyed home of the detainee Abdullah Yahya Massad, which was vandalized by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Kafr Dan, to the west of Jenin, the occupied West Bank, occupied Palestine, on March 5, 2024. (Social media)

Field sources in the West Bank revealed that Israeli occupation forces sent military reinforcements toward Balata camp in Nablus, where they have a house besieged.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of incursions into various areas of the West Bank, at dawn on Tuesday, as they stormed the town of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, and raided and ransacked multiple homes.

Simultaneously, Israeli occupation forces detained a number of citizens from the town of Kobar, northwest of Ramallah, after storming the town.

Moreover, the IOF stormed the town of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin, and raided several homes in the area. Snipers were also deployed to the roofs of several homes.

Another night of fierce Resistance across the West Bank. Footage from Kfar Dan, west of Jenin, to give you and idea how heavy the battles have been there, with Saraya Al-Quds, Jenin Brigade reporting their involvement. Second video is from Aqabat Jaber camp, Areeha Governorate. pic.twitter.com/CQCCP43BSE
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Confrontations broke out between Palestinian youths and invading Israeli forces.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades - Jenin announced that its fighters, at dawn today, engaged in fierce confrontations with the occupation forces, targeting their military vehicles storming the Shuqair area in the town of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin, with machine guns and explosive devices.

On its part, the Nablus Brigade announced that its fighters discovered and engaged in fierce confrontations with an Israeli special force that had infiltrated the Balata camp with machine guns and explosive devices.

Earlier this morning, Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished the house of detainee Abdullah Yahya Massad in the town.

♦️عاجل| انسحاب قوات الاحتلال من بلدة كفردان غرب جنين بعد هدم منزل عائلة الأسير عبد الله يحيى مساد pic.twitter.com/AHGY2inMks
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Moreover, invading occupation forces detained three Palestinians from Tulkarm, while another unit raided al-Taher household appliances store in al-Haddadeen Street in the city and searched and ransacked it.

Yesterday, invading Israeli forces killed a 10-year-old Palestinian child, Amr Muhammad al-Najjar, in the village of Burin, south of Nablus in the West Bank.

The director of the Red Crescent Ambulance and Emergency Center in Nablus, Ahmed Jibril, said al-Najjar died after he succumbed to bullet wounds he sustained in the head, and another Palestinian child was injured after being shot in the chest. A third child was wounded after IOF members physically beat him.

The latest statistics published indicated that the total number of arrests since October 7, 2023, reached about 7,400, and this number includes those who were arrested from homes, through military checkpoints, those who were forced to surrender themselves under pressure, and those who were held hostage.

It is noteworthy that the Israeli occupation pursues its mass detention campaigns across the West Bank, which are accompanied by systematic abuse and torture against detainees and their families, in an unprecedented manner, not even sparing the sick, wounded, and the elderly.