WEST BANK, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and extremist Jewish settlers carried out widespread violations and attacks across the West Bank last night and on Tuesday morning.
In Jenin, Israeli forces raided the towns of Arraba, Anin, Jaba, Meithalun and Qabatiya, searching homes and making arrests.
In Nablus, IOF raids took place in the villages of Qaryut, Awarta, Azmut, Salem, Burin, Tell and Surra, where Israeli forces searched homes, carried out a wide arrest campaign, and turned an apartment building in Burin into a military post.
In Tulkarem, Israeli forces stormed the towns of Qaffin and Attil and raided a house.
In Qalqilya, Israeli forces stormed the town of Azzun and demolished a house belonging to the Shihab family in the city’s an-Naqqar neighborhood.
In al-Bireh, Israeli forces stormed the house of a Palestinian citizen near the DCO checkpoint and used it as a military post after detaining four of its occupants and confiscating their cellphones.
The al-Khalil governorate also witnessed IOF raids and searches in the al-Jaabari neighborhood and the southern part of the city, leaving behind damage and destruction in the area.
Israeli forces reportedly kidnaped three young men after assaulting them during a raid in the Ein Deir Baha area of al-Khalil.
The IOF also carried out raids in other West Bank areas, with no reported arrests.
Meanwhile, settlers attacked a home in the Jabal al-Arma area of Beita town, south of Nablus, opening fire at vehicles as local residents attempted to fend them off. During the confrontation, a young Palestinian was injured in a car-ramming attack.
Settlers also set fire to a Palestinian vehicle near Awarta town, southeast of Nablus, while Israeli forces demolished martyrs’ memorials in the villages of Rujeib, Madama and Azmut, east and south of Nablus.
Another group of settlers attacked the village of Umm Safa, northwest of the city, torching several vehicles and spray-painting hostile graffiti.
In a related context, the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said it documented 13 attacks carried out by Israeli forces and settlers against farmers and their lands across four governorates in the West Bank on Monday.
The Commission said that these attacks occurred between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. across al-Khalil, Ramallah and al-Bireh, Nablus, and Jenin Governorates. The incidents ranged from property destruction and land bulldozing to theft, physical violence, and threats with weapons.
