Two soldiers killed in Nablus car-ramming operation: Israeli media
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Israeli media have reported that two soldiers were killed in a car-ramming attack at the Awarta checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus.
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The scene of a car-ramming operation near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, May 29, 2024. (X)
Israeli media reported on Wednesday that two soldiers were killed in a car-ramming operation at the Awarta checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus.
The Israeli website Walla! reported that the army deployed air and special forces to pursue the individual who carried out the operation near one of the entrances of Nablus.
It is also worth noting that various Israeli platforms mentioned that the individual who carried out the operation "surrendered to the Palestinian security forces in Nablus and has not yet been handed over to the Israeli army."
Resistance operations intensified with the increased systematic Israeli violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and al-Quds, with the number of Palestinian detainees in the region rising to more than 8,875 since October 7.
Between 21-27 May, Israeli forces fatally shot and killed 13 Palestinians, among them five children, and injured 35 others, including seven children, as per a recent report by OCHA.
Among the fatalities were 12 Palestinians killed in Jenin, along with a 17-year-old boy from Sa’ir village in Al Khalil. He was shot by Israeli forces on May 26 under the pretext of attempting to stab an Israeli soldier at Beit ‘Einun junction on Road 60. The body of the boy has been withheld by the Israeli forces.
Since October 7, a total of 502 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, among them 122 children. Ten Palestinians were killed by Israeli settlers, and in seven cases, it remains unknown whether the perpetrators were settlers or soldiers. Over the same period, more than 5,100 Palestinians have been injured, with 4,859 of these injuries caused by Israeli forces, according to OCHA.
Resistance confronts incursions, IOF arrest dozens in W. Bank, al-Quds
Israeli occupation forces raided various areas across the West Bank and detained a number of Palestinians, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in occupied Palestine reported on Tuesday.
Our correspondent said that the occupation forces stormed the Balata camp, east of the city of Nablus in the West Bank, with vehicles and bulldozers, and deployed snipers on houses rooftops. Meanwhile, Resistance fighters confronted the invading Israeli forces, opening fire on them and planting explosive devices in the path of the intruding vehicles, which led to the damage of an Israeli bulldozer.
Israeli occupation forces also stormed the Dheisheh camp, southeast of Beit Lahm in the West Bank, arrested eight Palestinians after raiding dozens of Palestinian homes inside the camp, and conducted field investigations inside the houses of Palestinians, according to our correspondent.
In the far north of the West Bank, Israeli forces stormed Kfar Saba and was met with fierce confrontation by the Resistance.
Eventually, the invading forces arrested two Palestinian youths in the area.
Moreover, they arrested four Palestinian youths after beating them and ransacking their houses in the village of Burqa in the Ramallah district
Concurrently, Homesh settlers burned agricultural crops and sheep sheds in the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus in the West Bank.
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