12/24/2023–|Last updated: 12/24/202305:57 AM (Mecca time)
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent said that late Saturday evening, the Israeli occupation forces stormed several towns in the West Bank, most notably Hebron and Bethlehem, and launched raids and arrests of citizens. Violent clashes also broke out between Palestinian resistance fighters and the occupation army, which penetrated Tulkarm and the Nour Shams camp in the northern West Bank.
The reporter added that the occupation forces stormed the city of Bethlehem and the town of Beita, south of Nablus, the towns of Beit Ummar and Sa’ir, northeast of Hebron, and the village of Karma, south of Hebron.
Confrontations broke out between Palestinian youth and the occupation forces at the entrance to Al-Fawwar camp, south of Hebron, after the occupation forces raided it.
Israeli soldiers fired live bullets and tear gas bombs at the young men, who responded by firing fireworks at the invading force.
Targeting the Israeli occupation forces with a homemade explosive device in the city of Tulkarm in the West Bank#Gaza_War #video pic.twitter.com/ygAybN5mK8
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Violent clashes
The Tulkarm Battalion, affiliated with the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, said: “Its mujahideen are engaged in violent clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in the Nour Shams camp near Tulkarm.”
The brigades added that they targeted the occupation forces with explosive devices, which led to the damage of many heavy military vehicles storming the camp and causing confirmed casualties among their ranks.
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades – Rapid Response also said that “its mujahideen participated in confronting the occupation forces’ storming of the Nour Shams camp.”
It added that its members fired a barrage of bullets and detonated high-explosive devices in the occupation vehicles that stormed the camp.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent also confirmed the occurrence of violent clashes and the explosion of several explosive devices in Israeli military vehicles.
Palestine TV (government) said, “The occupation army sent in more military reinforcements and began imposing a siege on Nour Shams camp.”
The television published a video clip showing a bulldozer and military vehicles heading to the city, and another video clip showing the sounds of gunfire.
Eyewitnesses confirmed that the resistance fighters targeted a foot force of the occupation army with an explosive device in Al-Manshiya neighborhood in Nour Shams camp, and they also targeted occupation vehicles with high-explosive devices.
On the other hand, the occupation forces arrested a number of citizens and deployed snipers in several buildings in the city and the Nour Shams camp.
It is noteworthy that the Israeli army has intensified its raids and incursions into towns and cities in the West Bank, in parallel with its devastating war on the Gaza Strip since the seventh of last October. This escalation resulted in the deaths of 303 Palestinians during this period, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, in addition to thousands of detainees.