Updated: Soldiers Abduct Eleven Palestinians, Shoot One, in Qalqilia, Hebron

Updated: On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted eleven Palestinians, including a teenage boy and a former political prisoner, from their homes, and shot one Palestinian in Hebron and Qalqilia, in the occupied West Bank.

In Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers invaded Sa’ir town, north of the city, searched and ransacked several homes, causing property damage, before abducting three Palestinians.

Media sources said the soldiers abducted Emad Shallash Jaradat along with a former political prisoner, Ayman Abdul-Salam Jaradat, and his son, Humam Jaradat.

In Qalqilia, in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, the soldiers invaded the city, stormed, and violently searched many homes in several neighborhoods, before abducting Wael Ayyash and Ameed Abu ‘Assab, Sa’id Shreim, Aref Nofal, Mohammad Nassim, in addition to a former political prisoner, Mohammad Salama, and a teenage boy, Anas Shreim.

In addition, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that its medics transported a young man to a hospital in Qalqilia after he was shot in the thigh with a live round by soldiers.

Media sources said the soldiers invaded the ‘Al-Masa’ residential building, deployed their snipers on it near Abu Ali Eyad Square, and also invaded the city cemetery, before conducting extensive searches in the area.

They added that the soldiers also raided several neighborhoods in the city, including Qara’an, Shreim, Ghayatha, Western Street, Al-Wad Street, Nablus Street, and Al-Maslakh Street, in addition to storming a medical center and a sweets shop.

In related news, the army stormed the town of Azzoun, east of Qalqilia, and abducted Walid Sa’id Salama after invading his home and ransacking it.

Late Monday night, the soldiers invaded Husan village, west of Bethlehem in the West Bank, especially the Al-Matina area at the eastern entrance of the town, leading to protests.

The soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades; there have been no immediate reports of injuries.

On Monday night, four Palestinians, including a paramedic, were injured when the Israeli army fired a missile from a drone at an area in the Tulkarem refugee camp, in Tulkarem in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank.

It is worth mentioning that the army launched an aggression on Tulkarem and its refugee camps, Tulkarem and Nur Shams, last Wednesday at dawn, which lasted for 48 hours, resulting in the killing of 4 citizens, several injuries, and significant destruction of infrastructure and citizens’ properties.

In related news, Israeli soldiers fired live rounds at Palestinian journalists and chased them with their bulldozers when the army was destroying shops, streets, infrastructure, and private property, in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.

The Israeli aggression, since last Wednesday morning, on the West Bank has resulted in the death of 31 citizens, including 18 in Jenin Governorate, 5 in Tulkarem, 4 in Tubas, and 3 in Hebron, raising the death toll in the West Bank since October 7, 2023, to 682.

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