The West Bank: incursions and arrests in several areas, and settlers attacking “Joseph’s Tomb”

The Israeli occupation army continues to storm the cities and towns of the occupied West Bank, amid campaigns of raids, arrests, and sabotage of infrastructure, while confrontations broke out east of Nablus, between Palestinians and an occupation army force while securing settlers’ storming of the “Joseph’s Tomb” shrine.

Today, Friday, the Israeli occupation army and extremist settlers’ incursions into cities and towns in the occupied West Bank continued, while the incursions were concentrated in Nablus, Jenin, and archaeological sites.

Since dawn on Friday, the Israeli occupation army has carried out a series of incursions into towns in the Nablus, Jenin, Qalqilya and Tulkarm governorates, and towns in the Bethlehem and Hebron governorates.

The occupation army stormed the Balata camp for Palestinian refugees, east of Nablus, and besieged a house there, according to what eyewitnesses reported. They explained that the army sent military reinforcements to the camp from the direction of the Huwwara military checkpoint.

Witnesses indicated that an armed clash took place between Palestinian gunmen and members of the Israeli occupation army after the storming operation.

Confrontations also broke out, east of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, between Palestinians and an Israeli occupation army force, while securing settlers’ storming of the “Joseph’s Tomb” shrine on the occasion of the Jewish “Passover” holiday.

Eyewitnesses indicated that "confrontations broke out between dozens of citizens and the army, in which the latter used live bullets and tear gas bombs and raided a number of eastern Nablus neighborhoods and searched homes before withdrawing."

In Ramallah Governorate, the Israeli occupation army carried out raids that targeted towns and the Jalazoun camp.

Witnesses indicated that the occupation army arrested at least three citizens from Jalazoun camp, including a woman who works in the education field.

In Jenin, local media reported that an Israeli reconnaissance plane flew at a low altitude over the city and its camp.

Meanwhile, local sources confirmed that the occupation forces stormed Qabatiya, raided its neighborhoods, and drove their military vehicles through its streets, without any arrests being reported.

The occupation forces also intensified their military deployment in the vicinity of the town of Arraba and the village of Bir Al-Basha, and set up mobile military checkpoints.

Today, Friday, the Israeli occupation forces also arrested a citizen and stormed several towns in the Hebron Governorate. They also stormed the towns of Dura and Al-Samu’ in the south of Hebron, the town of Idhna in the west, and several neighborhoods in the city of Hebron, and searched several homes.

This coincides with a fierce Israeli war waged by the Israeli occupation forces against the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, which has left tens of thousands of martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and famine and massive destruction, according to Palestinian and UN data.

Despite the issuance of an immediate ceasefire resolution by the UN Security Council, and despite its appearance before the International Court of Justice on charges of committing “genocide,” Tel Aviv continues its devastating war on the Strip.​​​​​​