Palestinian youths were injured and arrested when the Israeli occupation forces stormed cities and towns in the occupied West Bank at dawn on Wednesday, amid clashes erupting between them and the resistance fighters who responded by firing bullets, while yesterday evening, Tuesday, a Palestinian woman died as a result of being hit by Israeli army bullets last week in the city of Jenin.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent reported that clashes took place between Palestinian youths and the occupation forces in the town of Yamoun, west of Jenin, in the northern West Bank.
The Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) said that two young men were shot during the occupation forces’ storming of the town of Al-Yamoun.
The agency indicated that the army carried out raids and searches that affected many homes, and also surrounded a house to pressure a young man to surrender himself.
For its part, the Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed that 3 Palestinians were injured by occupation bullets in the towns of Yamoun and Tammun in the northern West Bank.
Armed clashes against the occupation forces in the town of Tammoun, south of Tubas pic.twitter.com/PhuoTGE5ir
– Shehab News Agency (@ShehabAgency) December 20, 2023
In the city of Hebron, the Israeli occupation forces raided the house of the martyr Nasrallah al-Qawasmi, stayed there for two hours, dug its interior walls and took their measurements in preparation for its demolition, according to an Tel Aviv Tribune correspondent.
The occupation forces also stormed the town of Kafr al-Dik, west of Salfit Governorate, and the town of Jayyus, east of Qalqilya, in the northern West Bank.
Local Palestinian platforms published scenes of Israeli occupation forces storming the town of Silwad, north of the city of Ramallah in the West Bank.
The Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by a military bulldozer, stormed the city of Tubas and the town of Tammoun in the northern West Bank. The resistance fighters responded to the incursion by firing bullets, while confrontations broke out between young men and the occupation forces in Tammoun.
Clashes in Nablus
In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Qaryut, amid heavy firing of sound and gas bombs in the center and west of the town.
The occupation forces launched a massive campaign of raids and searches of citizens’ homes and assaulted them. They also arrested a number of residents and transferred them to one of the homes, which they raided and turned into an arrest and investigation center, and confiscated a number of agricultural tractors.
Local platforms published scenes of the Israeli occupation forces storming the eastern town of Laban and Balata camp in the city of Nablus.
A military bulldozer accompanied by occupation vehicles storms Market Street in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus. pic.twitter.com/SUvcfRAHw4
— Alhadath Newspaper | Palestinian Al Hadath Newspaper (@Alhadath_news1) December 20, 2023
The Israeli occupation forces also stormed the northern town of Asira and raided several sites in the town, leading to the outbreak of confrontations between young men and the occupation forces.
These night raids and raids come within the framework of searches and arrests of those whom Israel describes as wanted, and also within the systematic occupation policy against the Palestinians in the West Bank.
The total number of detainees in the West Bank since October 7 until yesterday morning reached 4,605 detainees, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club.
The number of martyrs increased
Yesterday, Tuesday, a Palestinian woman died as a result of being shot by the Israeli army last week in the city of Jenin after the occupation stormed the camp, bringing the death toll in the West Bank to 302 since last October 7.
Last Thursday, the Israeli army withdrew from the Jenin camp after a three-day military operation in which 12 Palestinians were martyred, during which the occupation bombed 20 homes and arrested 700 Palestinians, the majority of whom were released after an investigation that lasted for hours, according to local sources.