The official Palestinian news agency, WAFA, reported, citing local human rights and village sources, that the occupation army demolished an agricultural room in the village of Al-Jab'a, southwest of the city of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, noting that it carried out raids in the southern and northern West Bank.
In the town of Issawiya, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, the occupation army demolished an agricultural room, bulldozed cultivated land, and uprooted olive trees under the pretext of unlicensed construction, according to WAFA.
Regarding demolition notices, the agency said the occupation army notified the owners of more than 20 agricultural rooms of the decision to demolish them on the grounds of lacking permits, in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.
WAFA quoted Thaer Hanani, head of the Tana Village Land Defense Committee, as saying that "the occupation authorities distributed at least 20 notices to agricultural chambers," and that the number was likely to increase.
In the southern West Bank, WAFA reported that the occupation army notified the owners of several shops in the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem, of their demolition. It quoted Husan Village Council Director Rami Hamamreh as saying, "The occupation forces notified the demolition of shops and commercial establishments at the western entrance to the village," including a grocery store, a building materials store, and two car washes.
Regarding the arrests, WAFA reported that the occupation forces arrested two brothers from the village of al-Jab'a "after detaining and releasing their two children," west of Bethlehem. The army also arrested two brothers "after raiding their homes and ransacking their contents" during a raid on the village of Imneizel, east of the town of Yatta, south of the city of Hebron, in the southern West Bank.
Several Palestinians and foreign activists were injured on Tuesday in an attack carried out by Israeli settlers in the Masafer Yatta area. Osama Makhamreh, an activist monitoring Israeli army and settler violations, said, "A number of settlers attacked Palestinian citizens and activists in the Khirbet Aqwawis (resident community), east of Yatta, injuring several of them."
He added that the settlers "assaulted the village's residents and foreign activists, wounding a number of them and causing bruises." Activist Makhamreh distributed photos of four people whose clothes were covered in blood as a result of the attack, without providing any details about them.
In Ramallah, Palestinian fighters shot down an Israeli military drone on Tuesday during a military operation in the city of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, according to official Hebrew media. The Hebrew Broadcasting Authority said in a tweet on its X platform that "Palestinian militants succeeded in shooting down an Israeli military drone in Ramallah." It claimed that "there is no fear of information leaking," without providing further details.
The Israeli occupation forces withdrew from the city of Ramallah on Tuesday after an hours-long raid that left 58 Palestinians injured and three others arrested. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in separate statements that its crews transported 58 wounded people, including eight with bullet wounds and five with shrapnel, in addition to 14 with metal bullets and 31 with suffocation.
Among the injured was a 12-year-old boy shot in the back, and a 71-year-old man, the report said. It noted that Israeli forces prevented its crews from reaching an injured person near the vegetable market in Ramallah and fired warning shots at the paramedics.
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According to eyewitnesses, the Israeli occupation forces arrested at least three citizens after a special forces force stormed central Ramallah and raided a money exchange shop. The army confiscated money, documents, and equipment from the exchange shop.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army stormed the city of Hebron in the southern West Bank and arrested a citizen from inside a bank before withdrawing, according to local sources. Israeli forces also stormed the town of Yamoun, west of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank, "with a large number of military vehicles, deployed through the streets, and raided a house, searching it and destroying its contents," according to the agency.
WAFA reported hearing an explosion inside Jenin camp, "resulting from training operations carried out by the occupation army inside the camp, as the occupation continues its aggression against the city, its camp, and the towns and villages of the governorate since January 21, which has resulted in the martyrdom of 45 citizens and the injury of dozens."
Annexation of the West Bank
On Tuesday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu encouraged settlers to continue their attacks on Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, hinting at the impending annexation.
Speaking about the daily attacks on Palestinians by settlers, he said, "The entire people of Israel trusts in the heroism of our sons." He continued, "From Judea and Samaria (the biblical name for the West Bank) and from all over the Land of Israel, we are protecting this land."
Netanyahu added, "I promised 25 years ago that we would establish our roots, and we did it together. I said we would prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state, and we are doing it together." He continued that Israel is "strengthening its sovereignty" (imposing annexation) in the West Bank and preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state, saying, "I said we would build and keep parts of our country and our homeland, and we are doing it."
Netanyahu hinted that Israel is closer than ever to applying sovereignty over the West Bank, according to the channel, without elaborating.
In parallel with the 23-month-long genocidal war in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military and settlers have escalated their attacks in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, killing at least 1,016 Palestinians, wounding nearly 7,000 others, and arresting more than 18,500, according to Palestinian data.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, leaving 62,819 Palestinians dead, 158,629 wounded, most of them children and women, more than 9,000 missing, hundreds of thousands displaced, and a famine that has killed 303 Palestinians, including 117 children.
