5 Palestinians killed by IOF gunfire during West Bank raids
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Israeli occupation forces launch a large-scale campaign of incursions as part of their ongoing aggression against cities and refugee camps in the occupied West Bank.
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Israeli occupation forces deploy at the scene of a stabbing operation in the "Mishor Adumim" Industrial Park near the Israeli settlement of "Maale Adumim" in the occupied West Bank on December 31, 2023. (AFP)
West Bank sources reported that five Palestinian youths were killed by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire in the Safha area west of the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades - Louyouth al-Majd (Lions of Glory) mourned the martyrs Iyad Shubita, Qusay Adwan, Walid Radwan, and Muhammad Radwan.
أقمار بلدة عزون الذين ارتقوا خلال اشتباك مسلح مع قوات الاحتلال فجر اليوم.
— وكالة شهاب للأنباء (@ShehabAgency) January 2, 2024
– وليد رضوان
– محمد رضوان
– قصي عدوان
– إياد شبيطة pic.twitter.com/72UPkbgIs5
Al-Quds News Network reported that the martyrs were besieged in a building before their final confrontation with the IOF. The Palestinian outlet then added the translation of recordings it had obtained which were sent by the martyrs via phone. The recordings noted, "We're surrounded. There is no God but Allah. Here they are," and was followed by gunfire.
Four Palestinians were killed when Israeli forces besieged a home in Azzun, Qalqilya, leading to armed clashes. Six others were injured in the incident. The bodies have been taken by the Israeli forces. pic.twitter.com/vqk3x79KUd
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) January 2, 2024
The reports also noted that the martyrs confronted the Israeli occupation with the locally produced Carlo handgun, an improvised submachine gun manufactured by small workshops in the Palestinian territories. Moreover, the bodies of the martyrs were reportedly stolen by the Israeli occupation forces.
صورة أسلحة زعم جيش الاحتلال أنها للشهداء الذين ارتقوا في بلدة عزون شرقي قلقيلية pic.twitter.com/cfQmRSxltd
— وكالة شهاب للأنباء (@ShehabAgency) January 2, 2024
Eascaltion in West Bank as IOF conducts raids
Earlier, Al Mayadeen's sources and Palestinian media outlets reported that Israeli occupation forces raided various areas in cities and refugee camps in the occupied West Bank in the early hours of Tuesday, confirming that Resistance fighters confronted the Israeli incursions and engaged in confrontations with occupation forces.
Palestinian media sources told Al Mayadeen that Israeli occupation forces stormed the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, where they were met with gunfire and explosive devices launched by the Resistance fighters, who compelled the raiding forces to withdraw from the camp toward the city.
The Al-Qassam Brigades in Qabatiya announced that along with the Al-Quds Brigades - Jenin Brigade, jointly carried out an operation in which the Resistance fighters showered the raiding Israeli military vehicles in the Jenin camp with intense and successive barrages of gunfire.
Palestinian media reported an escalation in confrontations between Palestinian Resistance fighters and Israeli forces upon their arrival at the entrances to the Jenin camp.
Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Jenin, triggering alarm sirens in the camp, according to Palestinian media sources. Electricity was cut off in the Jenin camp simultaneously with the occupation forces' incursion into its vicinity.
The occupation forces withdrew from the town of Ya'bad southwest of Jenin after Palestinian Resistance fighters successfully thwarted the advancement of the military vehicles and engaged in confrontations with the raiding forces.
In Nablus, north-central West Bank, Resistance fighters opened fire toward the Israeli military post erected on Mount Gerizim. They also targeted Israeli forces with gunfire during their incursion into the town of Beit Furik east of the city.
Qalqilya, west-central West Bank, witnessed multiple incursions into the city and adjacent towns. Israeli occupation forces stormed the homes of released prisoners Majd and Saleem Nazzal in the city.
Sources reported to Al Mayadeen a serious injury to a Palestinian youth in Qalqilya, confirming that Israeli forces obstructed the arrival of an ambulance to transport him. Footage circulated by Palestinian activists and local media showed Israeli occupation forces assaulting the injured youth before arresting him.
تغطية صحفية: قـوات الاحــتلال تعتقل الشاب الجـريـح بعد الاعـتـداء عليه ومنع الإسعاف من الوصول إليه في قلقيلية. pic.twitter.com/4RwRUtPdoy
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) January 2, 2024
In the outskirts of Qalqilya, infantry forces from the Israeli occupation army raided the town of Kafr Qaddum east of the city and the town of Azzun, where intense confrontations erupted between Resistance fighters and the raiding forces.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Qalqilya announced that its Resistance fighters engaged in confrontations with the raiding Israeli forces on several axes within the city and confirmed that an Israeli soldier was injured as a result.
Local Palestinian media outlets reported that the Israeli occupation military is deploying reinforcements to support the incursion into the town of Azzun, where the occupation forces are carrying out a campaign of raids and searches.
تغطية صحفية: شبان يمطرون آليات الاحتــلال بالحجارة خلال الانسحاب من مدينة قلقيلية. pic.twitter.com/OQKzimIqQj
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) January 2, 2024
In Areeha, east-central West Bank, Palestinian Resistance fighters opened fire toward Israeli forces conducting a wide-scale incursion into the Ain al-Sultan camp in the city.
In the same context, Israeli media reported an exchange of gunfire between Palestinian Resistance fighters and Israeli forces storming the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp in Areeha.
In the central West Bank, Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Ni'lin west of Ramallah and the al-Jalazone refugee camp north of the city, which saw the raiding Israeli forces carrying out a campaign of arrests and raids, as well as wreaking havoc.
Elsewhere, Israeli forces raided the city of al-Dhahiriya in al-Khalil, south of the occupied West Bank.
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