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  • 7 Aug 2024 07:18
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The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Nablus announced that they repelled an Israeli attack on the Old City.

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    Israeli occupation forces were seen raiding different areas in the occupied West Bank on October 30, 2023 (Social media)

Israeli occupation forces launched multiple raids across the occupied West Bank during the early hours of Wednesday, resulting in armed confrontations with Palestinian Resistance groups defending their towns and cities.

Read more: Israeli forces ravage Nablus market in West Bank

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that a young man was injured by Israeli gunfire in the town of Beit Furik, south of the city of Nablus.

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades announced that their fighters engaged in fierce battles with IOF who had invaded the Old City in Nablus. Gunfire was also directed at occupation forces near the eastern compound in Nablus, the group said.

The IOF stormed the Balata camp in Nablus and targeted the Fatah movement's headquarters. 

تغطية صحفية: قوات الاحتلال تفجر مقر حركة فتح في مخيم بلاطة شرق مدينة نابلس pic.twitter.com/XVg0OC7GIf

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) August 7, 2024

Israeli forces also stormed the city of Dura south of al-Khalil, the town of Dar Salah in Beit Lahem, and the Qalandiya refugee camp in occupied al-Quds, detaining Palestinians. 

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Palestinians killed by IOF across West Bank

Israeli occupation forces have killed 21 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank since Saturday.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said that between late Monday and early Wednesday, five Palestinians were martyred in Jenin in two separate Israeli drone strikes, in addition to two in Kafr Qud and one in Beit Lahem by gunfire.

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In the Tubas governorate, Israeli forces killed three Palestinian men and one 14-year-old child late Monday.

In Jenin, a Palestinian man died early Wednesday after succumbing to injuries sustained on Tuesday during the Israeli storming of the city. 

Meanwhile, in the Qalandiya camp in occupied al-Quds, Israeli occupation forces raiding the city simultaneously carried out an extensive arrest campaign, detaining 12 Palestinians.

The detainees are Mahmoud, Khalil, and Ahmad Al-Awawda, Hamza Al-Sarsour, Ahmad Mateer, brothers Youssef, Khaled, and Motaz Nabhan, Saleh, and Mahmoud Manasra, and Haroun and Mohammad Hazeen.

In Beit Lahem, the IOF also arrested Rizk Hamash and his two sons, Adam and Wadih. Rizk is the father of Mohammad Rizk Hamash, who carried out a stabbing operation against an Israeli soldier in south al-Quds. They also detained several other Palestinians in a widespread arrest campaign in the Dheisheh camp in the city. 

تغطية صحفية: قوات الاحتــــلال تعتقل رزق هماش والد منفذ عمليـــ ـة النفق محمد هماش، وشقيقيه آدم ووديع وعددا آخر من الشبان خلال اقتحام واسع لمخيم الدهيشة في بيت لحم. pic.twitter.com/VOE3dtLTDz

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) August 7, 2024

#متابعة| قوات الاحتلال تواصل اقتحام مخيم الدهيشة في بيت لحم وتشن حملة اعتقالات pic.twitter.com/wKiORBPVOU

— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) August 7, 2024

Resistance groups jointly confront the IOF

The Israeli attack on Jenin which ended on Tuesday lasted for 20 consecutive hours, witnessing one of the fiercest confrontations with Palestinian Resistance fighters this year.

The al-Qassam Brigades - Jenin Battalion, along with the al-Quds Brigades, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and the Mujahideen Brigades, declared that their fighters repelled the Israeli forces.

The al-Qassam Brigades confirmed that its fighters, alongside other Resistance factions, engaged Israeli forces in Jenin City and the refugee camp, targeting soldiers and military vehicles with gunfire and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

For its part, the Mujahideen Brigades reported detonating two IEDs against Israeli military vehicles near Cinema Square in Jenin.

The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades also detonated a powerful IED against Israeli soldiers and vehicles around the Martyrs' Cemetery, targeting them with heavy gunfire. Their statement noted fierce confrontations with Israeli forces using machine guns and explosive devices in the Jenin Camp.

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