On Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least fourteen Palestinians and detained and interrogated dozens in Husan village, west of Bethlehem, and the Deheishe refugee camp, south of the city, in the occupied West Bank.
Media sources reported that many Israeli military vehicles invaded Husan and Deheishe before the soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes, causing damage.
They added that the soldiers detained and interrogated dozens of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards before abducting at least fourteen individuals.
Media sources identified the abducted individuals as Eyal Rezeq Arafa, 27, and Adam Ayman Mezher, 19, from Deheishe.
The sources further stated that the soldiers also abducted Mahmoud Rami Shousha, Mohamad Daoud Shousha, Hareth Ali Shousha, Abed Bader Shousha, Zaki Tayseer Za’oul, Ahmad Tayseer Za’oul, Ahmad Raed Za’oul, Yousef Ismael Za’oul, Mohammad Rauf Abu Yabes, Qotoz Ahmad Sabateen, Abdul-Rahman Mohammad Sabateen, and Mohammad Ghaleb Hamamra.
In related news, the soldiers invaded several villages and towns in the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah, storming and ransacking many homes, particularly in Bil’in, Deir Qaddis, Kharbatha, Deir Ibzi’, and Ein Sinia, as well as the Al-Jalazone refugee camp.
Also Thursday, Israeli occupation forces continued their military offensive in Tulkarem city and Tulkarem refugees camp, in the northwestern West Bank, for the 53rd consecutive day, while the onslaught in the Nur Shams refugee camp entered its 40th day. The ongoing escalation involves intensified raids, demolitions, and extensive destruction of infrastructure.
At dawn on Wednesday, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man and injured several others during an invasion of the Al-Ein, Balata, and Askar refugee camps in Nablus.
According to security sources, Israeli undercover special forces infiltrated the Al-Ein Refugee Camp west of the city and opened fire on a car inside the camp, killing Odai Adel Al-Qatouni, who was near the targeted vehicle.
On Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that a former political prisoner, Kathem Issa Zawahra, 31, who was shot and injured prior to being abducted by Israeli soldiers on February 2, 2024, has succumbed to the severe wounds.
At dawn Tuesday, a young man was killed, and three others were injured, by Israeli occupation forces in Qalqilia, in the northwestern part of the West Bank.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced, at dawn on Tuesday, the killing of Khaled Saleh Qaraan (25 years old), and the injury of three others, by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets, during their raid into the city of Qalqilia.
It is worth mentioning that, this year alone, the Israeli army has killed 108 Palestinians (49 in Jenin, 19 in Tubas, 14 in Tulkarem, 13 in Nablus, 5 in Hebron, 3 in Bethlehem, 2 in Qalqilia, 1 in Salfit, and 1 in Jerusalem, in addition to injuring and abducting hundreds across the occupied West Bank.
In the Gaza Strip, dozens of civilians were killed and injured as Israeli forces continued bombing various areas across the destroyer, starved and besieged coastal enclave.
On Tuesday, the Israeli army resumed the genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip; Israeli missiles and shells claimed the lives of at least 429 Palestinians and injured more than 562, most of whom were children and women, in just one day.
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that the Israeli army has killed at least 48,577 Palestinians and injured over 112,041—mostly women and children—since October 7, 2023. The Government Media Office in Gaza stated that the death toll has surpassed 61,700, including thousands still trapped under rubble.
In a press briefing, the head of Gaza’s Government Information Office revealed that 76% of the deceased have been recovered and transported to medical centers. He added that more than 14,222 Palestinians remain trapped under rubble in areas inaccessible to rescuers across the coastal region.
