Palestinian youths, Resistance confront Israeli forces in Beit Lahm

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
21 Dec 2023 06:56

Israeli occupation forces assault Palestinians in the city of Beit Lahm and the nearby village of Husan, as youths confront the incursion.

A convoy of Israeli occupation military vehicles raid the Faraa refugee camp, occupied West Bank, occupied Palestine December 8, 2023. (AP)

Palestinian youths in the Aida refugee camp, located to the north of Beit Lahm, in the occupied West Bank, confronted Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday overnight, according to Palestinian media outlets.

#عاجل| قوات الا.حتـ.لا.ل تلقي القنابل الغازية على منازل المواطنين في مخيم عايدة شمال بيت لحم#بيت_لحم pic.twitter.com/xw7vP5E6ps
— قناة فلسطين اليوم (@Paltodaytv) December 20, 2023

Concurrently, Resistance fighters targeted occupation soldiers with locally produced explosives in a military campsite set up by the IOF near the Aida refugee camp.

To the west of Beit Lahm, Palestinians confronted Israeli occupation forces in the village of Husan, after occupation soldiers opened fire at the child, Mahmoud Mohammad al-Zaaoul, and killed him.

Palestinians bid farewell to the boy Mustafa Zaghoul who was shot dead during the confrontations with occupation forces in Husan village, west of Bethlehem. 20.12.23

وداع الفتى محمود محمد الزعول، الذي ارتقى برصاص الاحتلال خلال المواجهات في قرية حوسان غرب بيت لحم. pic.twitter.com/FEYsZuCozc
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) December 20, 2023

In this context, the Palestinian Red Crescent said that 16 people were injured in Husan, nine of whom were shot with live rounds, while seven others suffered from suffocation after Israeli forces fired tear gas toward the village's residents.

These events follow wide-scale incursions into Palestinian towns and cities in the occupied West Bank, which took place from Monday overnight into Tuesday morning. These tactics have been employed by the occupation on a near-daily basis, as it attempts to suppress the support of Palestinians in the West Bank, to their countrymen in the Gaza Strip.

In Jenin and Tulkarm, raids turned into wide-scale incursions, which have seen the destruction of the cities' infrastructure and the execution of tens of Palestinians. The occupation has also resorted to drone strikes in these areas, targeting civilians, shops, and homes in Tulkarm and Jenin.

In conjunction with its genocidal war in the Gaza Strip, which goes into its 75th day, the occupation has detained at least 4,605 people in the West Bank and killed more than 300 Palestinians.