WEST BANK (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched a wide-scale raid and arrest campaign at dawn Friday, detaining a number of Palestinian citizens, including several former prisoners released in the latest prisoner exchange deal.
According to local sources, four of the detainees were ex-prisoners from Qalqilya in the northern West Bank.
The IOF also continued its aggressive operations in various towns and cities across the northern West Bank. Early Friday morning, the IOF troops stormed Qalqilya from the northern checkpoint and converted one of the homes into a military outpost.
Additionally, the villages of Burqin and Ya’bad, west of Jenin, were raided. Notably, Ya’bad witnessed confrontations on Wednesday during which a Palestinian child was killed by Israeli gunfire.
Meanwhile, occupation forces arrested two members of the family of former prisoner Sultan Khalouf in the town of Burqin. According to local reports, soldiers raided his house and detained his father and brother Amir, allegedly to pressure Sultan to turn himself in. His wife, Nabila Khalouf, had also been arrested two weeks ago and was released the following day.
In a separate incident, the IOF troops stormed Nablus, which has seen repeated military raids in recent weeks.
Further south, in al-Khalil, local media reported that Israeli forces raided the Abu Sneineh neighborhood early Friday and stormed the home of prisoner Ahed Abu Sabih.
On Thursday evening, four Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire in the town of Idhna, west of al-Khalil. The IOF fired stun grenades and tear gas, leading to confrontations during which four young men were wounded and transferred to the hospital for treatment.
Like many other parts of the West Bank, Idhna experiences near-daily incursions by Israeli forces, often resulting in clashes, injuries, or arrests.
In parallel with the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Israeli forces and settlers have escalated their attacks in the West Bank, with over 956 Palestinians killed, around 7,000 injured, and more than 16,400 arrests reported, according to Palestinian sources.
