12/19/2023–|Last updated: 12/19/202304:53 AM (Mecca time)
Confrontations broke out between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces as they stormed cities and towns in the West Bank, early Tuesday, where they carried out arrests and blew up the house of a prisoner who carried out an operation against settlers months ago.
The new Israeli incursions included the governorates of Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm, Jericho, Hebron, Bethlehem, and occupied Jerusalem.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent reported that confrontations broke out between Palestinian youths and the Israeli occupation forces in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.
Occupation forces blow up a house in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus in the West Bank#Gaza_War #video pic.twitter.com/omQdYyFAs3
– Tel Aviv Tribune Palestine (@AJA_Palestine) December 18, 2023
The reporter said that the occupation forces blew up the family home of prisoner Osama Bani Fadl in Aqraba.
Bani Fadl was the perpetrator of the Hawara operation, which led to the killing of two settlers last August.
Activists reported that the occupation forces carried out a massive arrest campaign in the town of Aqraba and conducted field investigations with the detainees.
In the town of Ya’bad, southwest of Jenin, clashes broke out after the occupation forces stormed the town and raided homes there, according to Palestinian sources.
Also in the northern West Bank, the raids included the village of Kafr al-Labad, east of Tulkarm, and activists reported the outbreak of confrontations with the occupation in the town of Anabta in the same governorate.
Press coverage: Confrontations broke out between young men and the occupation forces during the ongoing storming of the town of Aqraba, southeast of Nablus. pic.twitter.com/agYJNolIea
– Quds News Network (@qudsn) December 18, 2023
Live bullets
In Hebron, in the south of the West Bank, an Tel Aviv Tribune correspondent reported that confrontations took place between young men and the occupation forces in the towns of Bani Naim and Surif, noting that the occupation soldiers fired live bullets at the young men.
Israeli forces set up military checkpoints in the towns of Bani Naim and Surif, searched citizens’ vehicles, and checked their owners’ identities. The occupation forces also stormed Al-Fawwar camp, south of Hebron, and the town of Beit Ummar, north of the city.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent also reported that the Israeli army stormed the city of Jericho, east of the West Bank, from several axes, and at the same time, Israeli forces stormed the town of Anata, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.
For its part, local sources said that the occupation forces stormed the villages of Al-Walaja and Zaatara in Bethlehem and confiscated Palestinian vehicles.
🔴 What happened in the evening prayer today #Tomb of the Patriarchs in #Hebron #IsraelisTheREALTerrorist pic.twitter.com/hnrWVxJhgs
– Hebron News Network (@khaleel4news) December 18, 2023
Settler attacks
On the other hand, Palestinian worshipers suffered from suffocation yesterday evening, Monday, as settlers stormed the Ibrahimi Mosque in the center of Hebron under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces.
The Palestinian News Agency said that the worshipers were sprayed with pepper gas by settlers, noting that the attack coincided with evening prayers.
For its part, the Palestinian Red Crescent said that Tawaqa dealt with two pepper gas casualties in the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron and transferred them to the hospital.
Activists on social media posted a video clip showing worshipers coughing from the gas, some of whom were lying on the ground, with a spokesman saying that the settlers sprayed gas on the worshipers.