This Sunday morning, a young Palestinian man was martyred and another was injured by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets during the storming of Balata camp, east of Nablus in the West Bank. A drone also targeted a house in the camp with a missile, while the occupation forces demolished a prisoner’s house in Hebron.
Local sources reported that the young man, Samer Nasser Muhammad Rummaneh, died as a result of being hit by occupation bullets.
For its part, the “Lions’ Den” group said that it mourns the martyr Samer Rummaneh, who was martyred during the occupation army’s storming of the camp.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said that its crews transported a 16-year-old young man, injured by live bullets in the back, to the hospital during the storming of Balata camp.
Clashes broke out at dawn today between resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces in Balata Camp in Nablus, in the northern West Bank, while settlers carried out new attacks on Palestinians.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent reported that Israeli forces stormed the camp and deployed snipers in a number of buildings, noting that a bulldozer removed barriers at the entrances to the camp.
Activists said that clashes broke out between resistance fighters and the invading forces, while the Palestinian Al-Aqsa Channel reported that an Israeli drone bombed a site in the camp, without causing any casualties.
Press coverage: “An occupation drone exploded and fell in the middle of Balata camp in Nablus.” pic.twitter.com/hBVn9qJzCh
– Al-Qastal News (@AlQastalps) May 12, 2024
In Hebron, occupation bulldozers began demolishing the house of Palestinian prisoner Nadim Sabarneh in the town of Beit Ummar, north of the city.
Israeli forces early stormed the city of Jericho and the Al-Arroub camp, north of Hebron.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent said that the Israeli army also stormed the city of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank early today.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested 6 Palestinians from the town of Marah Rabah, south of Bethlehem, and 3 others from the town of Arraba, southwest of Jenin.
Israeli occupation bulldozers begin demolishing the house of prisoner Nadim Sabarneh in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the West Bank. #Gaza_War #video pic.twitter.com/S2h1sItW7V
– Tel Aviv Tribune Palestine (@AJA_Palestine) May 12, 2024
Settler attacks
In simultaneous developments, the reporter reported that settlers set fire to a house in the village of Duma, south of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, at dawn today.
Activists reported that the attackers wrote anti-Palestinian slogans on the walls.
A group of extremist settlers also stormed the outskirts of the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, and attacked a house and a vehicle in the town.
Eyewitnesses reported that a group of settlers stormed the outskirts of the town, surrounded a house, attacked a house and a vehicle parked in front of it, and smashed its windows.
The witnesses added that they spotted a vehicle carrying a group of settlers withdrawing from the area towards one of the settlements near the town.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent also reported that settlers burned the house of citizen Fathi Dawabsha in the village of Duma, southeast of Nablus, and wrote racist slogans on its walls.
Also, settlers attacked sheep herders and farmers in the village of Al-Mufaqara in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, assaulting them and preventing them from reaching their pastures.
It is noteworthy that settler attacks have increased in recent months as part of a broader escalation carried out by the occupation forces in the West Bank since the resistance launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.