Injuries and widespread raids.. The occupation escalates its aggression on West Bank towns

Various areas of the occupied West Bank witnessed, on Saturday evening, a new escalation in the attacks by the Israeli occupation forces, resulting in injuries among Palestinian citizens. Medical and local sources reported that the occupation army intensified its raiding and incursions in the governorates of Nablus, Salfit, and Ramallah, coinciding with the continuation of systematic repressive policies against the residents.

In Bethlehem Governorate, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced that it had received a report of a citizen being shot by the occupation in the village of Husan, located west of the city. The society confirmed that army forces prevented medical teams from reaching the site of the injury to provide necessary first aid, which falls within the occupation's policy of obstructing humanitarian work.

In the city of Tulkarm, north of the West Bank, medical teams were able to transport a young Palestinian man to the hospital after he was shot with live ammunition in the foot area. The injury occurred near the Nazlet Issa military checkpoint north of the city, where occupation soldiers opened fire at the young man without clear justification, leading to his transfer for urgent treatment.

In the central West Bank, occupation forces stormed the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah city, where they carried out a widespread campaign of abuse against the residents. Local sources stated that the soldiers detained a number of citizens and severely beat them, and also raided homes and commercial shops, causing destruction, amidst intense firing of sound bombs and toxic gas.

Nablus Governorate was not immune from these incursions, as occupation vehicles penetrated the towns of Aqraba and Burin, south of the city. Occupation soldiers fired a barrage of tear gas canisters towards citizens' homes, causing suffocation cases, in a move aimed at intimidating residents and imposing strict restrictions on their daily movements.

In a related context, the occupation army stormed the town of Kafr ad-Dik, west of Salfit city, where forces spread in the main streets and closed vital entrances to the town. Soldiers stopped passersby and interrogated them on the spot, which led to traffic obstruction and created a state of tension among citizens who face continuous restrictions.

These field developments come amid an escalating pace of Israeli violations in the West Bank since October 7, 2023. Observers and Palestinians believe that these attacks, which include killing, displacement, and settlement expansion, pave the way for official plans aimed at annexing large parts of the West Bank and imposing occupation sovereignty over them.

Official data indicate that the toll of the Israeli aggression in the West Bank has reached record levels, with at least 1,112 Palestinians martyred and about 11,500 others injured. Arrest campaigns have also targeted about 22,000 citizens, amid the ongoing war of extermination waged by the occupation on the Gaza Strip and its repercussions on all Palestinian territories.

Occupation forces prevent ambulance crews from reaching an injured person in Husan village, west of Bethlehem.