IOF West Bank raids met with fierce confrontations by Resistance
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Israeli occupation forces storm several areas in the occupied West Bank and arrest a number of Palestinians there.
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A convoy of Israeli occupation military vehicles is seen during a raid into al-Far'a camp, in the occupied West Bank, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Palestinian media reported, citing local sources, wide-scale raids carried out by the Israeli occupation forces across the cities and refugee camps of the occupied West Bank.
Palestinian media reported that Israeli forces arrested Palestinian youth Youssef al-Khatib, during an incursion into the city of Areeha in the West Bank. It's noteworthy that al-Khatib had been released as part of the recent prisoner exchange deal between the Palestinian Resistance and the Israeli occupation that took place during the seven-day truce. Later, the media confirmed the release of al-Khatib, who was physically assaulted by the occupation forces.
قوات الاحتلال تفرج عن الفتى #يوسف_الخطيب بعد اعتقاله من مدينة أريحا والاعتداء عليه بالضرب فجر اليوم، علمًا أنه من المفرج عنهم ضمن صفقة المقاومة #الميادين #فلسطين #غزة pic.twitter.com/hCqY81wxHf
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) December 9, 2023
Israeli occupation forces raided Nablus from the al-Tur neighborhood and the al-Yasmeena neighborhood in the old town of Nablus as well as the town of Qabalan to its south and arrested Mohammad Talal, from the town of Yatma south of Nablus, after storming and searching his house.
قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي تقتحم مدينة نابلس من منطقة الطور #الميادين #فلسطين #غزة pic.twitter.com/raKDjuANxB
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) December 9, 2023
In Areeha, Israeli forces raided the Kitf al-Wad neighborhood and were targeted by Palestinian Resistance fighters with homemade explosive devices in the Aqabat Jaber camp.
The Al-Quds Brigades - Areeha Brigade claimed responsibility for the operation, confirming that its fighters confronted the occupation forces that stormed the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp with gunfire and explosive devices. They affirmed that their fighters engaged in fierce confrontations, achieving direct hits among the raiding Israeli forces.
A Palestinian was injured by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire during their raid on the village of al-Mazraa al-Gharbia, north of Ramallah. Simultaneously, occupation forces seized vehicles and arrested their owners during an incursion into the town of Beit Liqya, west of Ramallah.
Israeli forces also raided al-Khalil, carried out arrest campaigns, and stormed the Wad Abu Kteila area in the city.
#عاجل |قوات الاحـتلا.ل تقـتحم منطقة واد ابو كتيلة بمدينة #الخليل.#وحدة_الساحات #غزة_تحت_القصف pic.twitter.com/tiFWdlQGTu
— عاجل - قناة فلسطين اليوم (@paltoday_tv) December 8, 2023
Military reinforcements were called in by the Israeli forces during the incursion into Kfar Qaddum east of Qalqilya.
In a related context, the occupation forces arrested the brothers Hammam, Issam, and Hussam Thiyab from the town of Kfar Ra'i in Jenin to pressure their brother Bilal, a liberated prisoner, into turning himself in.
Casualties among Israeli forces in the West Bank
On Friday evening, Israeli occupation forces admitted that an Israeli soldier had been wounded in a gunfire operation on an Israeli military site near the city of Nablus.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades announced their responsibility for the operation, which targeted an Israeli military site in Jabal Jarzim to the south of Nablus with heavy gunfire.
In another attack, an Israeli occupation soldier and two settlers were wounded in a gunfire operation in the northern occupied West Bank, according to Israeli media outlets.
The attack occurred to the west of Jenin and targeted the Israeli "Dotan" military checkpoint, where Israeli ambulances rushed to the scene of the operation near the town of Ya'bad.
Following the attack, al-Quds Brigades - Jenin Brigades announced that its fighters targeted Israeli occupation forces conducting patrols at the "Dotan" military checkpoint, confirming direct hits among enemy forces.
The occupation forces had raided several areas in the occupied West Bank on Friday, detaining Sheikh Najeh Bakirat, the deputy director of an endowment fund in al-Quds. Sheikh Bakirat was detained at his residence in Beit Lahm. He had previously been detained to be released earlier in July, on the condition that he be exiled to Beit Lahm from his hometown of Sur Baher located to the south of occupied al-Quds.
Israeli soldiers brutalize residents in Tubas
Israeli occupation forces killed on Friday six Palestinians, including a minor, and wounded several others, as they raided the al-Far'a refugee camp to the south of Tubas.
Hamas called on the Resistance fighters in the occupied West Bank to continue mobilizing against the Israeli occupation, following the cold-blooded murder in the al-Far'a camp.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the names of the martyrs in a statement which included, Maher Abdullah Ahmed Jabara (14 years old), Omar Basem Mahmoud Sabeh (23 years old), Imad Nahed Khaled Jabara (18 years old), Qasim Mohammed Mustafa Draghma (33 years old), Thaer Abdullah Shahin (36 years old), and Baraa Musa Al-Amir (30 years old).
The Israeli occupation has intensified its oppressive measures in the occupied West Bank following Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7. Its aggression against Palestinians, which encompassed near-daily raids and executions, persisted through the seven-day truce in Gaza.
