9/16/2024–|Last update: 9/16/202408:01 PM (Makkah Time)
A young Palestinian man was shot by the occupation forces today, Monday, during the Israeli army’s storming of the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, while others suffered from suffocation due to inhaling toxic gas fired by the occupation forces in the city, amid the continued storming of the towns of the West Bank.
The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that 5 Palestinians were injured during the occupation forces’ storming of the city of Bethlehem, south of the West Bank.
The Palestinian News Agency reported that a number of Palestinians suffered from suffocation after the occupation forces used toxic gas during their raid on the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem.
She added that the occupation forces arrested 3 Palestinians during the raid on the Deheishe camp.
The occupation also arrested 3 Palestinians from Aqabat Jaber camp, south of Jericho, and a Palestinian south of Hebron after assaulting him, according to the Palestinian News Agency.
Israeli forces also stormed the towns of Hebron, Yatta, Dura and Nablus, and protected settlers who in turn stormed Khallet Taha in the town of Dura.
Earlier today, 7 Palestinians were injured when settlers attacked the Arab al-Kaabneh Elementary School in al-Ma’arjat, northwest of Jericho in the Jordan Valley.
For its part, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the Israeli occupation had arrested 20 citizens since yesterday, including a child and former prisoners in the West Bank.
Since the outbreak of the war on Gaza on October 7, the Israeli army and settlers have escalated their attacks on Palestinian citizens and their property in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, resulting in the deaths of 704 Palestinians, including 159 children, and the wounding of about 5,700, according to data from the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
