The Israeli occupation forces carried out new raids on Saturday morning, including cities and towns in the West Bank, hours after the martyrdom of 3 Palestinians inside a settlement near Hebron.
An Israeli special force stormed Qalqilya in the northern West Bank and raided a house in the Al-Safiri neighborhood in the center of the city under the pretext that one of the pursued Palestinians was holed up inside.
During the operation, the occupation forces sent additional military reinforcements to the city, stormed it from its northern and eastern axes, and spread throughout its neighborhoods.
Activists reported that the occupation forces withdrew from Qalqilya shortly after they failed to arrest one of the persecuted Palestinians.
Palestinian sources reported that an Israeli special force raided the home of the persecuted Palestinian.
The sources reported that young men set fire to rubber tires in the Kafr Saba neighborhood in the city of Qalqilya while confronting the Israeli incursion.
According to activists, the occupation forces also stormed the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya.
For his part, Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent reported that the Israeli army stormed the city of Bethlehem, and local Palestinian platforms broadcast scenes of the storming process.
Activists also reported that the Israeli army stormed the area at dawn today The town of Idna, west of Hebron.
At dawn yesterday, Israeli forces carried out raids that included Tulkarm (north of the West Bank) and its two camps. The young man, Khaled Ahmed Zubaidi (19 years old), was martyred as a result of Israeli occupation soldiers severely beating him in the village of Zeita, north of the city.
Since the Palestinian resistance launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, the Israeli army has escalated its attacks in the West Bank. This resulted in the martyrdom of more than 340 Palestinians and about 6,000 detainees.
Scenes of the moments when 3 young men infiltrated the Adora settlement in Hebron in the West Bank pic.twitter.com/Xcd7Ylj9Ig
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Meanwhile, Palestinian news sites reported from local sources in the town of “Idhna”, west of Hebron, that the national and Islamic forces in the town called for a comprehensive strike today, Saturday, to mourn the three martyrs who were martyred inside the “Adora” settlement, northwest of the city.
An Israeli army statement reported that security forces killed 3 Palestinian militants during an exchange of fire after they infiltrated the settlement.
Two Israelis were wounded in the exchange of fire, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation.
On the other hand, sources from the family of the three martyrs denied any connection to the armed operation that occurred simultaneously with their presence in the settlement.
The sources said that the three martyrs were cousins who collected iron and used to go through the settlement road, noting that they were martyred at the entrance to the settlement by security men on suspicion of them.