An elderly Palestinian was martyred, today, Monday, in the city of Hebron, after being subjected to a “violent” assault while the occupation army stormed his home, coinciding with Israel imposing a comprehensive closure on the West Bank, coinciding with the first anniversary of the “Al-Aqsa Flood” attack on October 7, 2023.
The Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) reported that the occupation forces severely beat Sheikh Ziyad Abu Halil (66 years old) until he lost consciousness, while storming his house in the town of Dura, south of Hebron.
She added that Sheikh Abu Hilil was transferred to Dora Hospital to receive treatment, but the medical staff declared him dead as a result of his wounds.
Sheikh Abu Hilil is a well-known tribal activist fighting the occupation and was injured dozens of times on different occasions.
The National Forces announced a general strike in the town of Dura to mourn the martyr.
⭕️ He was one of the fiercest defenders of his town in every raid and was subjected to brutal attacks countless times, the last of which was this morning..
The elderly person, Ziad Abu Halil, died after the occupation soldiers beat him during their storming of his house in the city of Dura, south of Hebron.
♦️ In the video, he shows the moment he tried to prevent the occupation soldiers from… pic.twitter.com/d4fbIGyRHR
– Taqadomi (@taqadomy_ps) October 7, 2024
Continuous incursions
Meanwhile, Palestine TV (government) reported that “the occupation forces stormed Tulkarm in the northern West Bank from its western axis, while activists posted on social media platforms video clips of the occupation forces near the “Thabet Thabet Hospital” (northwest), and the movement of military vehicles that they said were heading. accompanied by bulldozers to Nour Shams camp in the city.
In Nablus, the occupation army stormed the villages of Madama and Beit Furik, south and east of the city, and confrontations broke out with the occupation, without casualties being recorded in the two towns.
The occupation also stormed the city of Qalqilya, in the northern West Bank, and arrested 3 Palestinians, including a freed female prisoner.
Wafa explained that the occupation forces arrested the freed captive Samah Hijjawi, Sabri Abu Hamed, and Saeed Melhem, after they raided and searched their homes.
In the central West Bank, confrontations broke out between the occupation army and Palestinians near the Jalazoun camp, north of the city of Al-Bireh, and an army force stormed the Al-Balou neighborhood in the city of Al-Bireh.
As for the south of the West Bank, “the occupation forces stormed the village of Al-Khader, west of Bethlehem, amidst the firing of stun grenades and poisonous gas, without any casualties being reported, according to Wafa.”
East of the city, the agency reported that settlers gathered near the village of Dar Salah “and raised the flags of the occupying state” without indicating any attacks.
Meanwhile, some Palestinian education directorates announced the suspension of classes in a number of schools due to “the security situation and fear of settler attacks.”
The Hebron and South Hebron districts announced the suspension of classes in schools near points of contact with the Israeli occupation army and settlers “due to the security situation.”
Comprehensive closure
For its part, the official Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said that the Israeli authorities decided to impose a complete security cordon on the West Bank, so that the crossings linking it to Israel are closed, and the entry of Palestinian workers is prohibited.
The army also decided to intensify its forces throughout the West Bank and on all fronts, in anticipation of any events coinciding with October 7, according to the commission.
The total number of detainees in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, has exceeded 11,100 since October 7, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club.
The occupation forces also killed 742 Palestinians, and about 6,200 were wounded, according to Palestinian sources.
Today, Monday, marks the first anniversary of the start of the Israeli occupation, with American support, a genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza, which has, to date, resulted in more than 139,000 martyrs and wounded, and more than 10,000 missing, amid massive destruction and famine that killed dozens of children and the elderly.
The occupation turned Gaza into the largest prison in the world, besieging it for the 18th year, and the aggression against the Strip forced about two million of its citizens, numbering about 2.3 million Palestinians, to flee in catastrophic conditions, with severe and deliberate scarcity of food, water and medicine.
Tel Aviv continues the war of genocide, ignoring the UN Security Council resolution to end it immediately, and the orders of the International Court of Justice to take measures to prevent acts of “genocide” and improve the miserable humanitarian situation in Gaza.