Israeli occupation forces steal $2.76 mln from West Bank shops, Banks
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The Israeli occupation forces stole cash from the West Bank amounting to about $2.76 million, during a large-scale raid that targeted multiple cities at once.
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An Israeli occupation soldier carrying a box of cash stolen from the occupied West Bank, occupied Palestine, during a raid on December 28, 2023. (Social media)
The Israeli occupation forces raided multiple cities in the West Bank at once, and stormed banks and currency exchange shops, seizing from them large amounts of cash, according to reports from the West Bank and the Quds News Network.
In Jenin, QNN revealed that the Israeli occupation stormed the Arab Bank and the Al-Quds Bank, as well as the Al-Khaleej Exchange and Fakhr al-Diín Exchange Company, and seized their contents.
⭕ Part of the destruction in a currency exchange shop in Jenin after it was stormed by the occupation forces at dawn today. #ZionistTerrorists https://t.co/0ju70bCAP1 pic.twitter.com/y120caB3Pu
— Palestine Captives 𓂆 (@Palestinecapti1) December 28, 2023
According to reports by Ynet, an Israeli news website, Israeli occupation forces stole about 10 million Shekels ($2.76 million) from across the West Bank overnight, and about 20 shop owners were detained.
Thefts recorded and documented
Videos have emerged showing occupation soldiers violating the rights of Palestinians by invading their private properties and stealing their belongings. This happened across a number of cities. One of the videos that emerged showed one such scene in Tulkarm.
In Ramallah, Jenin, Tulkarem, and Halhul, invading Zionist forces targeted currency exchange shops. Noting that the employees of the shops were also abducted. pic.twitter.com/7Y5E6E0bYL
— Palestine Captives 𓂆 (@Palestinecapti1) December 28, 2023
Moreover, the theft was recorded and documented by several social media activists across the West Bank and beyond, showing once again that the occupation has been adamant about violating all rights of Palestinians.
جيش الاحتلال سرق نحو 10 ملايين شيكل خلال مداهمته محلات صرافة في مدن الضفة الغربية فجر اليوم ..
— جَفرَا الحُب والثَورَة || 🇵🇸 𓂆 palestine (@jafra_ps) December 28, 2023
الاحتلال يصادر سيارات الشعب الفلسطيني ويداهم منازلهم ويسرق الذهب والمال من المنازل وفي سابقة خطيرة بدأ الاحتلال بمداهمة البنوك وبسرقة اموال من محلات الصرافة والحوالات الخارجية. pic.twitter.com/pNtLLRMp6e
Theft, ethnic cleansing, and genocide reemerge as the preferred tool of the occupation, and the theft of property and belongings of Palestinians in the West Bank comes as a further confirmation of that.
كميات كبيرة من الذهب سرقها الاحتلال من محلات في جنين https://t.co/NVSUG7YHmx pic.twitter.com/97qqVUXfIz
— أحمد العربي (@AAlarabby) December 28, 2023
Confrontations in several parts of West Bank as IOF incursions persist
Al Mayadeen's sources reported that Israeli occupation forces have raided various areas of cities and camps in the occupied West Bank since the early hours of Thursday, confirming that Palestinian Resistance fighters confronted the incursions using gunfire and explosive devices.
Local media reported 12 injuries and the martyrdom of Palestinian youth Hazem al-Qattawi, from the town of Beitunia, after being shot by the Israeli occupation forces during confrontations that took place in Ramallah.
Al Mayadeen's sources mentioned that a Palestinian youth was injured by Israeli occupation gunfire during the Israeli incursion into Ramallah, in addition to the injury of journalist Salman al-Khatib. The sources also confirmed that Israeli forces raided the al-Tireh neighborhood in the city.
Al Mayadeen broadcast footage of al-Khatib's injury by Israeli gunfire in Ramallah. it is noteworthy that the journalist was about to appear live on Al Mayadeen to touch on the situation on the ground.
مشاهد إصابة الصحافي سلمان الخطيب في رام الله برصاص الاحتلال وكان بصدد المشاركة مع #الميادين بمداخلة حول الأوضاع في رام الله#طوفان_الأقصى #الثورة_الكبرى pic.twitter.com/zgEqoGToNt
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) December 28, 2023
In the northern West Bank, sirens sounded in the camp and city of Jenin, coinciding with a wide Israeli incursion into the city.
Al Mayadeen's sources confirmed intense and ongoing armed confrontations between the Resistance and Israeli occupation forces at the Jalbouni roundabout in Jenin, near the Cinema roundabout and the governmental hospital in the city.
Our sources pointed out that large parts of Jenin suffered power outages due to the Israeli targeting of one of the power transformers. Palestinian media also reported loud explosions in Jenin, coinciding with the Israeli forces launching illuminating flares.
Read more: West Bank Resistance confronts IOF raids with gunfire, explosives
