In the town of Ni'lin, west of Ramallah, clashes erupted following an Israeli raid, wounding three young men with live ammunition amid heavy tear gas fire. In the town of Anata, northeast of Jerusalem, occupation forces carried out a large-scale house-to-house raid, arresting 16 young men after turning one of the homes into a field interrogation center.
Israeli forces also arrested two young men at the Awarta checkpoint, southeast of Nablus, and raided homes in Hebron, searching them and ransacking their contents. They also set up checkpoints and searched vehicles.
The army stormed the al-Birka neighborhood east of the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, firing sound bombs, searching vehicles, puncturing several tires, checking citizens' ID cards, and obstructing their passage. In recurring incidents, Palestinians are subjected to beatings, abuse, and searches when passing through Israeli military checkpoints in the West Bank.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, since October 7, 2023, the occupation has carried out more than 19,000 arrests in the West Bank and Jerusalem, including 585 women and 1,550 children. Meanwhile, 77 prisoners have been martyred in prison, 46 of them from Gaza.
The number of permanent and temporary checkpoints, including gates and military barriers, dividing the Palestinian territories and imposing restrictions on the movement of people and goods is 898, including more than 156 iron gates erected after October 7, 2023, according to data from the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.
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In preparation for its annexation of the West Bank, Israel has intensified its crimes since the start of its war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, including the demolition of homes, the displacement of Palestinian citizens, and the expansion and acceleration of settlement construction.
Israel's annexation of the West Bank would eliminate the possibility of establishing an independent Palestinian state, in implementation of the principle of a two-state solution (Palestinian and Israeli), as stipulated in UN resolutions.
In parallel with the war of extermination in Gaza, the Israeli army and settlers in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, killed at least 1,018 Palestinians, injured nearly 7,000 others, and arrested more than 19,000, according to Palestinian data.
With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving 64,300 Palestinians dead and 162,005 wounded, most of them children and women. More than 9,000 are missing, hundreds of thousands are displaced, and 376 Palestinians, including 134 children, are facing famine.
