Palestinians confront IOF in Aqabat Jabr camp, Areeha
Israeli occupation forces injure 3 Palestinians in the Aqabat Jabr camp with live ammunition as a shooting operation targets a settler near the Hawara checkpoint in Nablus.
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Israeli occupation forces target Palestinians with weapons in Areeha, West Bank, Occupied Palestine, March 1, 2023 (Reuters)
Three Palestinians were injured after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the refugee camp of Aqabat Jabr in Areeha on Wednesday targeting residents with live ammunition, according to sources in Palestine.
A large force of Israeli troops, supported by dozens of military vehicles, raided the camp and stationed themselves at its center. The IOF surrounded and raided several homes, damaging residents' belongings.
Eyewitnesses said that the occupation forces broke into the house of the martyr Jibril Kamal Al-Lada'a and also stormed the residence of Samir Al-Titi.
Confrontations broke out between youthful residents and the occupation forces following the raid, as rubber tires were set on fire blocking rodes, in protest of the aggression.
إصابة ثلاثة شبان بالرصاص الحيّ بعد اقتحام جنود الاحتلال مخيم عقبة جبر جنوب أريحا، وتفتيش عدة منازل.
— Ultra Palestine - الترا فلسطين (@palestineultra) June 7, 2023
الاقتحام تخلله اشتباكات مسلحة، وإلقاء زجاجة حارقة على جيب إسرائيلي. pic.twitter.com/Wmdll6fA8e
Invading forces fired live bullets and tear gas canisters at citizens, as mosques in the Jabr Obaid camp echoed with Takbeer [Allahu Akbar] chants, urging the residents to confront the intruding troops.
Meanwhile, a settler was reportedly injured after a shooting operation targeted a vehicle near the Hawara checkpoint south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
إصابة مستوطن بعملية إطلاق نار بين بلدتي حوارة وبيتا جنوب نابلس. pic.twitter.com/gAiT0RvTKv
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According to the organization Rescue Without Borders, a settler's car was damaged after being shot at in Hawara.
On his part, the head of the settlement council in the northern West Bank said the event was dangerous because the bullets almost directly hit the settler which would have killed him.
Following the shooting operation, Israeli forces forcibly shut down stores and shops in the town.
