Two youths injured by live fire in Al-Ram town and incursions and arrests in the West Bank

On Sunday evening, two Palestinian youths were injured by live fire from the Israeli occupation army in Al-Ram town, north of Jerusalem, while the Israeli army raided several Palestinian towns and neighborhoods in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society stated in a statement that its crews transported to the hospital in Ramallah "two youths (30 and 34 years old) who were injured by live fire while attempting to cross the apartheid separation wall in Al-Ram town." The society clarified that the injuries were from live bullets in the thighs.

North-east of Jerusalem, the Israeli army closed two iron gates erected at the town's entrances, set up military checkpoints, and prevented vehicles from passing in both directions, causing a traffic crisis, according to the same source.

On another front, Israeli occupation forces carried out raids and searches of Palestinian homes in various areas of the occupied West Bank, early Monday morning and last Sunday night, resulting in the arrest and detention of a number of Palestinians, including journalist Inas Ikhlawi. Local sources reported the arrest of Ikhlawi after raiding Idhna town west of Hebron in the south of the West Bank, early today, following a search of her home. In Nablus, local sources confirmed that occupation forces arrested 21 Palestinians from Awarta village south-east of Nablus, after raiding dozens of homes, tampering with their contents, and turning some into field interrogation centers.

The occupation forces also detained a number of Palestinians in Aida camp north of Bethlehem today, interrogated them, and later released them. In Tulkarm, occupation forces arrested three Palestinians, including the child Yazan Al-Aloul (15 years old), while early today, they arrested a young man from Silwad town north-east of Ramallah, after raiding and searching his home. On another note, local sources reported that occupation forces raided Jaba town south of Jenin, turned one of the homes into a military barracks, and interrogated a number of youths inside after arresting and mistreating them.

The Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported that the occupation army raided the village of Nabi Saleh, north-west of Ramallah city, raided a number of commercial shops, and checked their private surveillance cameras "and no arrests were reported." The occupation also raided the areas of Jannat neighborhood and Jabal al-Tawil in Birzeit city, and the villages of Beitain and Dura al-Qara, east and north of Ramallah.

In the north of the West Bank, Palestine TV (official) said that the army raided the vicinity of Far'a camp, and raided a home during the raid on Tammun town south of Tubas city. In another context, Israeli occupation forces closed the Attara military checkpoint north of Ramallah this morning, which caused disruption to the movement of Palestinian citizens.

Meanwhile, settlers seized a Palestinian home in Silwan town south of Al-Aqsa Mosque early today, alongside a new assault on an Islamic cemetery near the Old City of Jerusalem. Local sources reported that settlers seized a Palestinian home belonging to the Bsbous family in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan town south of occupied Jerusalem early today. The home consists of two apartments and is inhabited by 13 family members. According to local sources, Israeli occupation forces raided the neighborhood last Sunday night, photographed Palestinian homes, coinciding with takbirs chanted by the residents in protest against the eviction of the Bsbous family from their home, in favor of settlers who carried out the seizure operation in the early hours of today.

In another context, local sources and Jerusalem media centers reported a new assault on an Islamic cemetery near the Old City in occupied Jerusalem, where settlers smashed the tombstones of a number of graves, in a clear violation of the sanctity of the dead and the religious and historical status of Jerusalem. The sources indicated that this assault comes as part of a continuous series of violations targeting cemeteries and Islamic holy sites in the city, as part of attempts to impose a new reality and erase Palestinian and Islamic historical landmarks.