Raids, arrests, and confrontations in several areas of the West Bank

Israeli occupation forces launched a wave of raids and wide-scale incursions in several areas of the West Bank at dawn on Thursday, focusing on Qalqilya, Ramallah, Jenin, and Nablus. The operation resulted in the arrest of seven young men in Qalqilya, and the outbreak of confrontations during which forces fired live ammunition and sound bombs, in addition to raiding, searching, and vandalizing dozens of homes.

Israeli occupation forces launched a wide-scale military campaign in the occupied West Bank at dawn on Thursday, including incursions, raids, arrests, and confrontations in several governorates. The operation focused on Qalqilya, where seven young men were arrested, and on Ramallah and Al-Bireh, where occupation forces raided the villages of Deir Abu Mash'al, 'Arura, 'Abwein, and Silwad. Confrontations broke out in Deir Abu Mash'al during which forces fired live ammunition. Occupation forces also arrested the young man Ahmad Ayoub Hama'il from the town of Kafr Malik while he was at his workplace in Silwad and confiscated his vehicle. In Jenin, forces raided the towns of Burqin and Al-Sila Al-Harithiya and stormed a home in the village of Al-Arqa. In Nablus, forces entered the city from the direction of Checkpoint 17, raided the Ras al-Ein neighborhood and Al-Basha Street, and stormed a residential building and other residential sites. The incursions included the firing of live ammunition and sound bombs, the raiding, searching, and vandalizing of dozens of homes, and the arrest of a number of citizens, alongside the deployment of military reinforcements and the closure of roads and checkpoints.