The Palestinian groups slam the raids targeting exchanges in several cities in a generalized operation on the territory.
The Israeli forces have descended into the exchanges of money through occupied West Bank, using living and tear gas shots when they stormed the city of Naplus, killing at least one Palestinian and injuring more than 30.
Exchange stores in the cities of Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron Arbeh, El-Bireh, Bethlehem, Jenin and Tubas were attacked on Tuesday, residents announced.
In the north of the city of Naplus, Israeli soldiers went down to a exchange group belonging to the Al-Khaleej company and a gold store, according to local media. They also pulled smoke bombs in the center of Jenin, and the streets were closed in the snorkels and the Béthlem in the occupied Palestinian territory.
The Ministry of Health based in Ramallah said that a man was killed and eight injured by living ammunition during a raid in Naplus.
Palestine Red Crescent Society said it has treated 20 people for the inhalation of tear gas and three injured by rubber bullets.
The raids on foreign exchanges have occurred while Israel continued its intensified military campaign in Gaza, killing more than 54,000 Palestinians since the start of the war on October 7, 2023, while tens of thousands of people would die of hunger in the besieged enclave.
The Israeli army radio said on Tuesday that Israel had carried out the raids on the suspected foreign exchanges that stores supported “terrorism”. The radio station also indicated that the operation had led to the confiscation of large sums of money designated for “terrorism infrastructure” in the West Bank.
“Israeli forces take measures against the al-Khaleej exchange company because of its links with terrorist organizations,” said a brochure left by Israeli forces at the site of Ramallah of the company.
Hamdah Salhut of Tel Aviv Tribune said that the Israeli authorities had not yet published an official declaration, but an official spoke to the Israeli raids to the Israeli media.
“This official said earlier that Israel` `believes ” – not that he had proofs or evidence – but” believes “that these cash exchange places make money to what they call terrorist organizations,” said Salhut, who reported Amman, Jordan, because Israel prohibited Tel Aviv Tribune from Israel and Writer.
“People who own these stores say they have received no evidence by the Israeli army,” she added.
Salhut said it was the fourth time that such raids have been held since the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
“The first time took place in December 2023, when five different exchange places were attacked by the Israeli army and which they seized nearly $ 3 million,” she said. “It happened in August 2024 and again in September of the same year.”
Hamas Slams raid
Hamas denounced the Israeli raids, affirming that they “constitute a new chapter in the open war of the occupation against the Palestinian people, their life, their economy and all the foundations of their constancy and their perseverance on their land”.
“These assaults against economic institutions, accompanied by the looting of large sums of money and the confiscation of goods, are an extension of the piracy policies adopted by the (Israeli) government,” the Palestinian group said in a press release, adding that targeted companies “operated within the law”.
Hamas has urged Palestinian authority to take measures against Israeli attacks.
Furthermore, the Palestinian mujahideen movement declared that the raids were “part of the open war against our people, targeting their existence and their very cause”. The group also urged the Palestinian authority to “defend” the Palestinians against such attacks and to “stop its security coordination policy” with Israel.