Israeli Forces Conduct Widespread Raids, Arrests Across West Bank
Translated & summarized from Arab48 by baba
Israeli forces conducted widespread raids and arrests across the West Bank on Sunday, detaining dozens of Palestinians and searching homes. The operation, involving the army, border police, and Shin Bet, targeted areas linked to Hamas. Clashes and stone-throwing incidents were reported in several governorates, while settlers also attacked Palestinian vehicles.
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- Israeli forces conducted extensive raids and detained dozens of Palestinians across the West Bank on Sunday.
- The operation involved the army, border police, and Shin Bet, targeting areas linked to Hamas.
- Clashes and confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli forces were reported in multiple governorates.
- Settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles with stones in the Nablus and Ramallah areas.
- Detained individuals included Sheikh Naif Al-Rajoub and two released prisoners in Hebron.
Israeli forces launched extensive raids across multiple areas of the West Bank on Sunday morning, detaining dozens of Palestinians. The operations, which included searching and damaging homes, saw the deployment of army, border police, and Shin Bet forces in approximately 40 villages and 400 locations. Israeli media reported the campaign targeted "terrorism" and "hotbeds of tension" linked to Hamas, with authorities claiming to have arrested around 40 suspects involved in incitement, public disorder, and stone-throwing.
In the Hebron Governorate, forces raided the city and several towns, including Halhul, As-Samu, Idhna, Tarqumiya, and Deir Samet, as well as the Seneir area and the southern part of the city. Homes were searched, and several young men were arrested. The Palestinian Prisoners' Club reported the detention of Sheikh Naif Al-Rajoub and released prisoners Salim Al-Rajoub and Hussam Abu Ras in Dura city.
Confrontations erupted in the Jenin Governorate as forces raided the towns of Yamoun and Al-Silah Al-Harthiya, searching homes, including those of former prisoners. Similar clashes occurred in the village of Fandqumiya, with soldiers firing live ammunition and sound grenades. In Nablus, violent confrontations broke out after forces entered the village of Burin, where live ammunition was heavily used. Illuminating flares were also fired over the northwestern areas of Nablus and the bypass road in Zawata.
Concurrently, settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles with stones near the Qusra junction and the Za'atara checkpoint, shattering the windows of four vehicles near the entrance to Aqrabah. Raids also continued in Tubas and its surroundings. In Ramallah, forces raided Kafr Ni'ma village and fired flares over the area between Al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah. Settlers also damaged a vehicle in the town of Sinjil.
In Qalqilya, forces entered the Al-Naqqar neighborhood as part of ongoing raids across the West Bank.
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