8/31/2024–|Last update: 8/31/202409:50 AM (Makkah Time)
For the fourth consecutive day, the Israeli army continued a large-scale military operation in the northern West Bank, which it says aims to dismantle resistance cells in Jenin, Tulkarm and Nablus. So far, the operation has resulted in the martyrdom of 20 Palestinians and the arrest of others.
On the fourth day of what was called the “Summer Camps” operation, clashes renewed in Jenin between resistance fighters and occupation forces, and other areas in the West Bank witnessed raids that included confrontations.
The following are the latest developments in the West Bank:
Clashes in Jenin camp and the Israeli occupation sends military reinforcements pic.twitter.com/QTJlel4lD1
— Tel Aviv Tribune Egypt (@AJA_Egypt) August 31, 2024
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Clashes broke out this Saturday morning in parts of the city of Jenin and its camp between resistance fighters and the Israeli army amidst the sound of explosions. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that one person was injured by the bullets of the occupation soldiers.
In separate statements, the Al-Qassam Brigades, Al-Aqsa Brigades and Al-Quds Brigades announced that their fighters were confronting the invading forces, and had previously confirmed that they had inflicted casualties among the occupation soldiers since the start of the Israeli attack.
Israeli forces sent additional reinforcements to Jenin and its camp, and carried out new bulldozing operations at the main entrance leading to the eastern neighborhood of the city, and also demolished the wall and gate of the only cemetery in the eastern neighborhood.
It also blew up the homes of Palestinian citizens in the Jabriyat neighborhood adjacent to the camp.
Video clips showed the massive destruction caused by the occupation forces in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin.
#image | A scene from the eastern neighborhood of Jenin.. massive destruction caused by the ongoing occupation aggression. pic.twitter.com/jXU8AGxoGc
— Palestinian Information Center (@PalinfoAr) August 31, 2024
Palestinians from Jenin and its camp were forced to flee due to the Israeli attack.
In the same governorate, occupation soldiers surrounded a house in the town of Kafr Dan in an attempt to arrest those inside, while the Qassam Brigades and Al-Aqsa Brigades said that their fighters were engaged in violent clashes with the forces that had penetrated the town.
Nablus
Clashes erupted last night between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation forces on Mount Sabih, south of the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
Also in Nablus, a settler opened fire on the main street of the town of Hawara.
Tulkarm
The Israeli occupation forces stormed areas inside the city of Tulkarm and its suburbs again, 24 hours after withdrawing, following a two-day military operation that targeted Palestinian resistance fighters and destroyed the infrastructure in the city’s Nur Shams and Tulkarm camps.
Press coverage: Young men target a settler’s car with a Molotov cocktail on the road adjacent to the village of Husan in Bethlehem, hitting it directly, this morning. pic.twitter.com/uOaO2uwSRj
— Quds News Network (@qudsn) August 31, 2024
Bethlehem
Clashes erupted, including gunfire and tear gas, in the town of Husan, west of Bethlehem, after Israeli forces stormed the town last night.
The raid came after Palestinian youths threw a Molotov cocktail at a settler’s car.
In the town of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem, settlers carried out attacks on Palestinian property, including uprooting olive trees and destroying water lines used for drinking and irrigation.
Hebron
The Israeli army stormed several neighborhoods and towns in Hebron in the southern West Bank and arrested at least two Palestinians. It also closed most of the city’s entrances following the double operation that took place yesterday, Friday, in the Gush Etzion settlement, which resulted in the injury of two Israelis, one of whom was a senior officer, and the martyrdom of its perpetrators.
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) blessed the operation, and other Palestinian factions praised it.
Israeli threat
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said the army is determined to continue fighting and using force against what he described as Israel’s near and distant enemies.
Galant added, in statements he made during his inspection of the forces participating in the “Summer Camps” operation, that anyone who tries to harm Israel’s security and does not surrender will be targeted and eliminated, according to his expression.
