At dawn on Wednesday, Israeli occupation forces stormed several cities and towns in the occupied West Bank and raided a number of homes there, while an Israeli drone bombed a vehicle in Nablus, leaving at least one dead.
At least one Palestinian was martyred today at dawn when an Israeli drone bombed a vehicle on Al-Quds Street near the Balata Camp junction, east of the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said that the occupation forces closed the area where the targeted vehicle was located, prevented medical teams and ambulances from reaching the place, and opened fire directly on it.
Video clips broadcast by local networks on social media showed that the targeted vehicle caught fire near the Balata camp, east of Nablus, without the target of the bombing being immediately known.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent reported that the occupation forces stormed the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank, surrounded the Old City and the Ramallah al-Tahta neighborhood, and raided homes there.
The occupation also targeted the areas of Ras Al-Joura, Deir Bahha and Al-Jalda in the city of Hebron, and raided and searched a number of homes and arrested a Palestinian.
The occupation forces raided the town of Idhna, west of Hebron, and carried out extensive searches, including attacks on Palestinians.
The vehicle that was bombed by the occupation caught fire near Balata camp, east of Nablus. pic.twitter.com/2d1mqIlWEj
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Raids
In the same context, the occupation forces stormed, also at dawn on Wednesday, the Kafr Saba neighborhood in the city of Qalqilya, and closed the roads and intersections leading to the neighborhood with their vehicles, while the occupation soldiers raided the homes of a number of Palestinians, amid the flight of reconnaissance drones.
The occupation forces also stormed the towns of Azzun and Kafr Thuluth, east of Qalqilya, amidst the firing of sound and gas bombs.
Yesterday, Tuesday, 3 Palestinians were injured by Israeli army gunfire during confrontations in the northern and central West Bank.
The Israeli occupation army continues its raids, while Haaretz newspaper quoted security officials as saying that the situation in the West Bank is on the verge of explosion.
Since the resistance launched the Al-Aqsa Flood Battle and the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, the occupation has intensified its military operations in the West Bank, and increased the pace of incursions and raids into Palestinian cities, towns and camps, leaving 355 martyrs and about 4,200 wounded as of yesterday, Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
The ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip for more than 100 days has left 24,285 martyrs and 61,154 injured as of Tuesday, and caused the displacement of more than 85% of the Strip’s population (about 1.9 million people), according to the Strip authorities and the United Nations.