Today, Wednesday, settlers stormed the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, while the Israeli occupation forces launched an arrest campaign in several cities in the occupied West Bank.
Eyewitnesses reported that dozens of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in groups, carried out provocative tours in its courtyards, and performed Talmudic rituals, under the protection of the occupation forces.
The occupation forces also tightened their procedures at the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque in the city of Jerusalem.
Since 2003, the Israeli police have unilaterally allowed settlers to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque, despite repeated opposition from the Islamic Endowments Department, which calls for an end to these raids.
An arrest campaign in the West Bank
Meanwhile, the occupation forces arrested 3 Palestinians from the Ain al-Sultan and Aqabat Jabr camps in the city of Jericho.
The director of the Prisoners’ Club in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, Eid Barahma, explained to the Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) that the occupation forces stormed the city of Jericho and arrested 3 young men: the freed prisoner Shaher Abu Sharar from Ain al-Sultan camp, Abdullah Wahdan from Aqabat Jabr camp, and Omar Abu al-Hussein from Ain camp. The Sultan, knowing that he is the brother of detainees in the occupation prisons.
The occupation forces also raided several homes in the two camps and destroyed their contents.
In Nablus, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a young man from the village of Rujib, east of the city.
Palestinian sources reported that the occupation forces stormed the village of Rujib, raided several homes, and arrested the young man, Muhammad Abu Huwaila, after raiding his house.
As for Tulkarm, the Israeli occupation forces arrested two citizens from the town of Qaffin in the northern West Bank. Local sources said that the occupation forces arrested Mahdi Amarneh and Basil Biqawi after raiding their homes in the town.
In parallel with the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, the Israeli occupation army and settlers expanded their attacks in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, resulting in the martyrdom of 813 Palestinians, the injury of about 6,450, and the arrest of more than 12,000 Palestinians, since October 7, 2023.
Israel continues its massacres, ignoring two arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court, last November 21, against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant, for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity against Palestinians in the Palestinian Gaza Strip.