Israeli policies provoking West Bank's third intifada
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The Israeli occupation forces' incursions in the West Bank have increased in quantity and intensity leading to more violent confrontations.
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An undated image of Jenin's martyr's roundabout, built in memory of Samih Abu al-Wafa and other martyrs, before it was destroyed by the Israeli occupation. (Social media)
A "senior" Israeli security source, cited anonymously by Israeli media, reported that some members of the Israeli occupation government have been provoking, through their West Bank policies, a third intifada.
This Israeli concern comes as the occupation carries out daily incursions, home raids, and detention campaigns across the West Bank and occupied al-Quds. It has even been reported that Israeli occupation forces have made their way to the vicinity of the Church of the Nativity in Beit Lahm.
Father Mitri Raheb, the pastor of the Christmas Lutheran Church in Beit Lahm, wrote in a post on X, attaching an image showing IOF vehicles in the Church of Nativity's vicinity, "This morning Israeli military in front of the church of the nativity. These invasions are happening on daily basis combined with arrests of young people."
This morning Israeli military in front of the church of the nativity. These invasions are happening on daily basis combined with arrests of young people. pic.twitter.com/MC6dVF0oSx
— Mitri Raheb (@RahebM) January 25, 2024
In Wede Chahine, Beit Lahm, the Israeli occupation detained 29-year-old Mohammad Ahmad al-Arouj after raiding his home. The IOF have stormed the city on an almost daily basis since the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood and have detained thousands of Palestinians since.
Also in Beit Lahm, it was reported that the Israeli forces assaulted members of the Palestinian police in the city and the incident was caught on video.
تغطية صحفية: فيديو يوثق اعتداء قوات الاحتلال على عناصر من الشرطة الفلسطينية في بيت لحم، صباح اليوم. pic.twitter.com/ptc91BakjZ
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) January 25, 2024
Confrontations erupt in defense of Jenin, Nablus
While various areas of the West Bank witnessed incursions, raids, and arrests on Thursday, one of the most significant confrontations, on the night of Wednesday-Thursday, took place in Jenin as the Palestinian youth resisted the incursion as part of the Resistance's Jenin Brigade.
The Al Qassam Brigades'-Jenin Brigade announced that it was engaged in violent confrontations with occupation forces which stormed Jenin from the eastern entrances.
In a statement, Al-Qassam confirmed its targeting of "Israeli occupation vehicles with firearms, and homemade explosives."
The Resistance also reportedly opened fire in the direction of the occupying forces on Nazareth Street in Jenin City. As part of the confrontations, the Jenin Brigade annonced detonating locally produced highly explosive device sucessfully targeting IOF vehicles.
Heavy confrontations were also reported near the town of Triangle of Martyrs, named after the Iraqi Army martyrs who were martyred there in 1948. The town falls on the crossroads connecting jenin, Nablus, and Qabatiya.
During the confrontations in Jenin, it was reported that the Israeli occupation forces had actively destroyed the city's infrastructure and fired flares over the city. Most notably they destroyed the martyr's roundabout which was built in memory of Samih Abu al-Wafa and other martyrs in Jenin.
تدمير دوار الشهيد سميح أبو الوفا ودوار الشهداء في مدينة جنين وتجريف بعض الطرق . تصوير أنس حوشية لمتابعة أخبار فلسطين العاجلة عبر منصة تيلجرام: https://t.co/eMXxezMRlM pic.twitter.com/gECFNWLpg3
— قناة عودة الفضائية (@AwdehTV) January 25, 2024
One martyr assassinated, IOF had no intention to detain
It was also reported that the Israeli occupation forces raided Jenin for a second time after having withdrawn earlier this morning, and besieged a building in Jenin, Bir al-Bacha, demanding that its occupants turn themselves in to be detained.
📹متابعة صفا| الاحتلال يقتحم بلدة بير الباشا جنوب جنين ويحاصر أحد المنازل pic.twitter.com/wVPALlgBcU
— وكالة صفا (@SafaPs) January 25, 2024
Soon after, it was reported that Wissam Walid Al-Khashan, who is a formerly liberated prisoner, was martyred by Israeli occupation fire while his brother was detained and his other brother injured.
According to local media, the martyr's mother said that the Israeli occupation had intended to assassinate her son since the beginning of their storming the house, and had no intention to detain him as they had claimed. The liberated prisoner, now martyr, had spent months in Israeli occupation prisons on administrative detention after he was detained from his home, twice. Moreover, it was previously reported that the martyr had suffered days of torture in Israeli occupation prisons.
⭕ The martyrdom of freed captive Wissam Walid Al-Khashan, after being shot and severely injured by occupation forces's bullets who had besieged his home in Bir Al-Basha, Jenin.
— Palestine Captives 𓂆 (@Palestinecapti1) January 25, 2024
حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل. pic.twitter.com/2LgdZCUudz
Recurring aggressions
In Nablus, occupation incursions took place across the eastern region. During the raid, Waell Mohammed al-Najjar and his son, Barra', were detained. Moreover, the occupation raided the city of Ramallah.
In al-Khalil, the IOF raided the city of Yatta and the Fawwar camp where confrontations erupted. The raid lasted for over four hours in the camp and the confrontations intensified and several explosive devices were detonated in IOF ground forces and vehicles.
💢قوات الاحتلال تقتحم مخيم الفوار جنوب مدينة الخليل، وتعتلي أسطح المنازل. pic.twitter.com/exka3XG7Kx
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) January 24, 2024
In conjunction with Israel's aggression against the Gaza Strip, the West Bank is witnessing almost daily incursions and clashes between resistance and occupying forces. Two days ago, the occupation also launched an aggression against the cities of Jenin, Nablus, Tubas, Beit Lahm and occupied al-Quds.
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