At least two Palestinians were injured and several others arrested on Saturday during a series of violent raids by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) across the occupied West Bank.

In the town of Dura, southwest of al-Khalil, the IOF stormed the area, firing live bullets and tear gas, injuring two young men. They were transferred to Dura Governmental Hospital for treatment, while dozens of others were treated on site for suffocation caused by gas inhalation. One young man was also arrested during the raid.

Violent confrontations erupted in several other areas: In Deir Jarir, northeast of Ramallah, residents confronted a settler attack, prompting clashes with occupation forces.

Similar events took place in Kobar, north of Ramallah, where IOF heavily fired tear gas.

In Qalqilya, clashes broke out on Nablus Street after the city was raided, and two young men were arrested from Far’ata, east of the city.

In Burqa, northwest of Nablus, Palestinian youths reportedly targeted IOF with a homemade pipe bomb during a raid.

In Jenin, IOF raided shops in al-Yamoun and stormed Qabatiya, south of the governorate.

PFLP warns of imminent explosion as West Bank nears third Intifada

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) warned that the occupied West Bank is on the brink of a major escalation, stressing that the eruption of a third Intifada is now “closer than ever.”

The movement said this warning comes in direct response to the Israeli occupation’s killing of two young Palestinians in occupied al-Quds at dawn on Friday. It stressed that this crime, along with ongoing bloodshed and the unchecked settler violence, will shatter any illusion of calm, adding that the accumulated anger of Palestinians “will erupt like lava in the face of the occupation.”

In its statement, the PFLP said that “the burning, destruction, and targeting of civilians reveal a deeply ingrained racist and fascist doctrine, and a sick psychological makeup of a group of killers and deranged individuals for whom crime has become a distorted human nature,” describing the occupation’s actions as rooted in an entrenched ideology of brutality.

Resistance is the only possible response

The group affirmed that Palestinians “will not remain passive in the face of such criminal brutality and will not bow to organized terrorism,” insisting that Resistance is the only possible response.

According to the PFLP, the Israeli occupation is delusional if it believes escalating crimes will bring “calm.” Instead, it said such aggression will intensify revolutionary momentum and transform the West Bank into “a theater of attrition for the occupation and its settlers,” imposing a full confrontation on all fronts.