Hundreds of extremist settlers, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces, stormed a town in Salfit Governorate in the occupied West Bank, while the occupation army forces continued, at dawn on Thursday, a campaign of raids, raids, and demolition of homes in many areas in the West Bank.
Local sources reported to Tel Aviv Tribune that the occupation forces closed shops and all entrances to the town of Kafl Haris (north of Salfit), and prevented residents from entering and leaving before encircling the center of the town to secure the entry of settlers who are preparing to raid an Islamic religious shrine in the center of the town to perform Talmudic rituals there.
In the town of Kifl, there is a keeper of the shrines of “Yusha,” “Dhul-Nun,” and “Dhul-Kifl,” and Israeli settlers claim that the shrines are “Jewish.” However, the townspeople and historians deny these allegations, and confirm that they are Islamic and prayers were held there until the 1960s.
In occupied Jerusalem, Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent said that large forces from the occupation army and police stormed the Shuafat camp.
In Bethlehem, south of Jerusalem, the occupation forces demolished a house under construction in the Jawfa Aziz area. An occupation army force – accompanied by bulldozers and vehicles – raided the area and proceeded to demolish the house under the pretext of not having a permit.
The occupation forces also demolished two homes belonging to two Palestinian families in the Marj al-Ghizlan area near Bethlehem. Palestinian platforms circulated clips documenting the occupation forces’ bulldozers demolishing the two houses.
In Jenin, in the northern West Bank, the occupation forces stormed the town of Qabatiya, south of the city, and entered it, reinforced with military vehicles and a bulldozer, and conducted their patrols in the streets of the town.
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Arrests and raids
In the city of Hebron, in the south of the West Bank, the occupation forces stormed the cities of Yatta, south of the city and Halhul, north of it, and arrested a citizen whose house they demolished two days ago. It also conducted its patrols in various areas of the city of Halhul, raiding and searching homes.
In Ramallah, north of occupied Jerusalem, the occupation forces stormed the town of Barqa, east of the city, and the Umm Al-Sharayet neighborhood in the city of Al-Bireh, north of the city.
In the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, scenes broadcast by local Palestinian platforms showed a number of vehicles belonging to the occupation forces storming the northern mountain area and raiding a residential building.
In parallel with its war on the Gaza Strip, the occupation escalated its operations in the West Bank, leaving – in addition to the arrests – 497 martyrs and about 4,950 wounded, according to data from the Palestinian Ministry of Health until last Tuesday.
