Armed clashes broke out at dawn on Friday after Israeli occupation forces stormed Balata camp in Nablus in the northern West Bank, while Tel Aviv extended the state of emergency in Jenin and its camp.
Palestinian sources said that Israeli forces, reinforced with vehicles and bulldozers, stormed the eastern region and Balata camp in Nablus at dawn.
The sources added that clashes broke out between Palestinian resistance fighters and the invading forces, and the resistance fighters targeted the occupation forces in the camp with a homemade explosive device.
The occupation forces storm Nablus from the eastern side pic.twitter.com/eB6OpqdA85
– Sanad News Agency – Snd News Agency (@Snd_pal) May 24, 2024
Storms and arrests
The Israeli army carried out new incursions into the West Bank at dawn, as part of a continuing escalation since the Palestinian resistance launched the Al-Aqsa Flood Battle last October.
Palestinian sources said that the occupation forces stormed the city of Tulkarm in the northern West Bank, and the Palestinian Red Crescent in the city reported that a Palestinian woman was injured by bullet fragments fired by Israeli occupation soldiers in the village of Qaffin.
The Israeli army stormed the village and conducted its patrols through its streets, which led to confrontations erupting between young men and the invading forces, which resulted in the injury of a woman, before it withdrew from the village.
The Israeli occupation forces also stormed the town of Beitunia, west of the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank, and conducted patrols in several neighborhoods. Local sources said that the occupation soldiers surrounded a house and arrested two young men.
The storming of Beitunia comes within the framework of the search for those whom the occupation authorities describe as their wanted persons.
The occupation forces storm Nablus from the eastern side pic.twitter.com/eB6OpqdA85
– Sanad News Agency – Snd News Agency (@Snd_pal) May 24, 2024
Emergency extension
Meanwhile, Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy announced the extension of the state of emergency in the city of Jenin and its camp in the West Bank.
Halevy’s announcement came during a visit to the headquarters of the Israeli forces operating in the vicinity of the city of Jenin.
Yesterday morning, the Israeli occupation forces withdrew from the city of Jenin and its camp following a new aggression that lasted two days and resulted in the death of 12 Palestinians, including 4 school students and a doctor.
The Israeli occupation army said that the aim of the large-scale military operation in Jenin was to thwart and prevent the formation of armed Palestinian cells.
Since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the occupied West Bank has witnessed an escalation in Israeli attacks, which resulted in the death of 514 Palestinians, the injury of 5,000, and the arrest of more than 8,000 others.
