Israeli raids on West Bank lead to confrontations, injuries, martyrs
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The Palestinian Resistance continues confronting the Israeli occupation amid its incursions, arrest campaigns, and murders of Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Scenes from the Israeli storming of Nablus, August 15, 2024 (X/Qudsn)
During the early hours of Thursday, two Palestinians were killed and four others were injured in a drone attack targeting the Balata camp in Nablus, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Local Palestinian media reported that the Palestinians killed were Martyr Wael Mashah and Martyr Ahmad Firas al-Sheikh Khalil.
لحظة وصول المصابين إلى المستشفى جراء قصف طائرة مسيرة إسرائيلية لمخيم بلاطة في نابلس#الميادين #فلسطين #الضفة_الغربية pic.twitter.com/I7VO5GVa8H
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) August 15, 2024
This led to point-blank confrontations between the Palestinian Resistance and the Israeli occupation forces inside the Balata camp and the eastern area in Nablus.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades reported direct hits and confirmed casualties among Israeli ranks after targeting occupation soldiers and vehicles with machine guns and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
اشتباكات عنيفة بين المقاومين وقوات الاحتلال في محيط مخيم بلاطة شرق نابلس #الميادين #فلسطين_المحتلة pic.twitter.com/woTcqUBZWh
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) August 14, 2024
The brigades also detonated a number of pre-prepared IEDs against an Israeli military vehicle in the Balata camp, causing damage to it.
The occupation forces had stormed the city of Nablus from the Beit Furik checkpoint, while settlers simultaneously raided the eastern region from the same direction.
#شاهد | جانب من اقتحام قوات الاحتلال اللإسرائيلي مخيم بلاطة في #نابلس #الميادين #فلسطين_المحتلة pic.twitter.com/bNJFT0Xre2
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) August 14, 2024
An Israeli bulldozer also destroyed vehicles belonging to Palestinians during the raid on the eastern area of Nablus, while also deliberately obstructing the rescue teams and journalists' operations.
#شاهد | جرافات الاحتلال العسكرية تدمّر مركبات الفلسطينيين خلال اقتحامها شارع عمان شرقي نابلس في #الضفة_الغربية #الميادين #فلسطين_المحتلة pic.twitter.com/79svFHXFaJ
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) August 14, 2024
Hours after the raid, which was met with confrontation from the Resistance, the Israeli forces withdrew from the area.
In Tulkarm, northwest of the West Bank, the IOF arrested the two Palestinian men, Abdul Badir and Nadim Abu al-Rab, according to Palestinian media, after storming a number of neighborhoods in the city.
In the southern West Bank, specifically in the city of al-Khalil, Israeli occupation forces launched an arrest campaign during the storming of the al-Fawar camp and Wadi al-Saman, south of the city.
10 Palestinians were arrested after their homes were raided in the Abu Sneineh neighborhood, south of al-Khalil.
تغطية صحفية: قوات الاحتلال تشن حملة اعتقالات خلال اقتحام واد السمن في مدينة الخليل pic.twitter.com/Ed6MbJBWoR
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) August 15, 2024
In addition, the occupation forces arrested a Palestinian man from his home during the raid on the city of al-Bireh. The Israeli forces also stormed the town of Silwad, northeastern West Bank, where they arrested the two young men, Abdul Rahman Mahmoud Hamed and Ahmed Nael Nimr.
قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي تقتحم مدينة البيرة 👇 #الميادين #فلسطين_المحتلة #الضفة_الغربية pic.twitter.com/aHuBv8H1ri
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) August 15, 2024
These latest incidents are part of a broader escalation of violence in the West Bank, which has seen an increase in confrontations since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. Towns and cities across the West Bank have been subjected to daily incursions by settlers and occupation forces, often resulting in widespread arrests, as well as deaths and injuries.
At least 606 Palestinians have been killed and about 5,400 others wounded at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces and Israeli settlers in various cities and camps of the West Bank since the start of the war on Gaza on October 7.
