The occupation army stormed several cities and villages in the occupied West Bank, and carried out an arrest campaign against Palestinian civilians, which raised the number of detainees since the seventh of last October to about 4,700 detainees. As part of what the occupied West Bank is being exposed to, the pace of settler attacks on Palestinian civilians has increased to more than Weakness, according to international reports.
After a raid that lasted more than 6 hours, the Israeli occupation forces withdrew from Nour Shams camp, east of the city of Tulkarm in the northern occupied West Bank.
During the incursion, the occupation bulldozers bulldozed and destroyed infrastructure in the camp, and destroyed citizens’ cars and several private and governmental facilities.
The occupation also deployed snipers on the roofs of buildings surrounding the camp and the bush area opposite it, and raided a number of citizens’ homes, and conducted extensive searches inside it after detaining its residents in one room and subjecting them to interrogation.
Violent clashes subsequently broke out between the resistance and the occupation forces, including the throwing of explosive devices at the occupation vehicles and soldiers.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent reported that large forces of the army and occupation vehicles, accompanied by a number of bulldozers, stormed the city of Tulkarm from its western axis towards Nour Shams camp, and were stationed at its entrances.
This is the third aggression against the camp this December, and the second within a week, which resulted in the martyrdom of 5 citizens.
Storms and arrests
Armed clashes also broke out between the occupation forces and resistance fighters last night and early Sunday in Nablus, during a massive storming of the city, and two young men were arrested before they withdrew from the city.
In Bethlehem, the occupation forces stormed the city from several directions, and began a campaign of raids and searches, which were confronted by the resistance and citizens.
The Israeli occupation forces also arrested 4 citizens from the Hebron Governorate, including a woman, while they arrested 3 Palestinians, including a freed prisoner, after storming their homes in the villages of Hebron.
The occupation forces arrested a Palestinian from the village of Barta’a in the north of the occupied West Bank, and stormed the villages of Al-Jalama and Arana in the north of the West Bank, and launched a massive search and combing campaign in the two villages.
The arrest campaign affected the city of Bethlehem, where a 61-year-old Palestinian was arrested after his home in central Bethlehem was raided and searched.
The occupation forces also arrested a freed prisoner in a village in the city of Tulkarm after raiding his house.
Arrests and repressive measures
In the same context, the number of Palestinian detainees in the occupied West Bank has risen to 4,695 since the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, according to human rights reports.
The arrests were distributed in the governorates of Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus, Jenin, and Tulkarm, and the data includes those who were arrested and released, or those who remained in detention.
In a related context, the Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Affairs Authority reported that the Israeli occupation prison administration in the Ramla prison clinic has recently intensified its restrictions and repressive measures against the sick detainees held there, who number 14 prisoners.
The authority explained that “the medical cases in the Ramla prison clinic are the most difficult in prisons. There are people who have been shot, are paralyzed, and have been suffering from chronic diseases and malignant tumors for years. They are all detained in harsh conditions, in addition to the continuous medical violations they are exposed to, which makes them prey to diseases.”
It is noteworthy that the occupation authorities detain in their prisons more than 800 sick prisoners, including about 250 prisoners suffering from chronic diseases, including 24 prisoners suffering from cancer and tumors of varying degrees.
Displacement and settlers
International and Palestinian human rights organizations revealed that more than a thousand Palestinians have been displaced from 10 private communities in the Jordan Valley region since last October 7.
The United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Organization confirmed that settlers launched more than 170 physical attacks on Palestinians, a statistic that does not include cases of harassment, assault and intimidation that increase pressure on Palestinians to force them to leave.
The Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley region face great difficulties and increasing threats to empty their areas besieged by settlements, as they are no longer able to earn their livelihood based on grazing after the closure of pastoral lands.
Haj Ali Abu Muheisen, a farmer and sheep herder, told Tel Aviv Tribune, “The settlers, protected by the army, are trying to deport us, but we are steadfast.”
Ammar Hassan, a resident of the area, explains, “After October 7, they put more pressure on us, entering with weapons, and beating us, even children and women were not spared.” Hassan pointed out that their goal behind this is, “They want to expel us from our land and our home, and they are entering with a drone.” “Inside the house, they imagined everything, and they threatened us with displacement.”
According to international institutions, settler violence has increased from 3 attacks per day to 7 per day, and the northern Jordan Valley is an example of what is happening.
