Occupation besieges a mosque and storms the home of the perpetrator of the "Halmish" operation

Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Bidu northwest of Jerusalem on Sunday evening, besieging worshippers inside the Abdullah bin Jaber mosque during the afternoon prayer. The raid came after a shooting operation near the "Halmish" settlement that resulted in the death of a settler. The forces stormed the home of the perpetrator, freed prisoner Qadri Samara, simultaneously with the siege of the mosque.

Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Bidu, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, on Sunday evening, besieging worshippers inside the Abdullah bin Jaber mosque during the afternoon prayer, amid a military deployment in the town, according to the Jerusalem Governorate. The raid came after a shooting operation near the "Halmish" settlement northwest of Ramallah, which resulted in the death of a settler, before the occupation forces claimed to have arrested the perpetrator, wounded, inside a hospital in Ramallah. According to Palestinian sources, the perpetrator is freed prisoner Qadri Samara from the town of Bidu, while occupation forces stormed the town and raided his home, simultaneously with the siege of the mosque. The West Bank witnessed a state of military alert today following the operation, as occupation forces closed a number of checkpoints and entrances to towns and villages, and expanded search and pursuit operations in the vicinity of Ramallah, before arresting the perpetrator from one of the city's hospitals.