5 Palestinians injured in an assault by occupation forces in Hebron

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported today, Wednesday, that 5 Palestinians were injured in an assault by occupation forces during their raid on the Jabal Jawhar area in Hebron. Palestinian sources stated that the occupation forces beat the five Palestinians as they were leaving to buy their food supplies, after news of a temporary lifting of the curfew imposed on residents for 3 days, which resulted in them sustaining fractures and bruises, after which they were transferred to the hospital.

For 3 days, the occupation forces have been carrying out a military operation in Jabal Jawhar and the southern area of Hebron, imposing a strict siege and curfew on citizens, raiding their homes, abusing them, and arresting and detaining a large number of them.

The military operation is being carried out in the Israeli-controlled part of Hebron in accordance with the Hebron Agreement between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel in 1997, and concerns neighborhoods around the Old City and the Ibrahimi Mosque.

Since it began its war of extermination on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, which lasted two years, Israel, through its army and settlers, has intensified its attacks in the West Bank, including killing, arresting, displacing, and expanding settlements, in a path that Palestinians warn is paving the way for the annexation of the West Bank to Israel.

This has resulted in the martyrdom of at least 1,107 Palestinians, the injury of about 11,000 others, in addition to the arrest of more than 21,000, according to official Palestinian data.