7/12/2024–|Last updated: 12/7/202406:42 PM (Mecca time)
A young Palestinian man was killed today, Saturday, by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets at the Qalandiya military checkpoint, while the occupation forces arrested 12 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) reported that the occupation forces directly shot the young man, Tariq Ghazawneh (27 years old), from the town of Al-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem.
For its part, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that its crews received a martyr in his twenties at the Qalandiya checkpoint, after the occupation had initially refused to hand him over, leaving him bleeding on the ground.
The occupation forces also prevented citizens’ vehicles from entering the checkpoint and closed it.
Continuous arrests
Meanwhile, from last Friday evening until Saturday morning, the Israeli occupation army arrested 12 Palestinians, including former prisoners, during its storming of several areas in the occupied West Bank.
This came according to what the Prisoners’ Affairs Authority (governmental) and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club (Ahli) announced in a joint statement.
The arrests were distributed among the governorates of Nablus, Tulkarm (north) and Ramallah (centre).
As for Silwad, east of Ramallah, the occupation forces stormed a medical center, attacked the medical staff there, and arrested a Palestinian.
Settler attacks
On the other hand, today, Saturday, Israeli settlers attacked the village of Qaryut, south of Nablus.
Local Palestinian sources reported that settlers attacked the southern area of Qaryut, amidst shooting at young men, who confronted them.
She added that the settlers’ attack – who stormed the village – was protected by the occupation army.
It is noteworthy that Qaryut is subjected to repeated attacks by colonialists, amid the burning and uprooting of hundreds of olive trees, and the seizure of lands.
In Yatta, south of Hebron, settlers attacked Palestinians and their property in the south of the occupied West Bank.
They also assaulted a Palestinian family, broke the contents of their house, and stole dozens of sheep.
Also in Turmus Ayya, a Palestinian was injured and his vehicle was damaged, during a settler attack on the town east of Ramallah.
Israel has killed more than 808 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023.
The occupation forces have arrested more than 11,900 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, since October 7, while the number of detainees from Gaza is estimated at thousands.
