Occupation launches widespread raids and arrests in the West Bank

The Israeli occupation army launched a campaign of raids, arrests, and field investigations at dawn on Saturday, targeting various areas of the occupied West Bank. The Israeli army stormed the village of Azzun, east of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, and arrested about 21 Palestinians from the town, interrogating them on the spot, including a child, during a widespread raid and search of several homes, before releasing them later, according to local sources.

In the neighboring village of Kafr Qaddum, Israeli forces arrested Murad Shteiwi, director of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, according to official sources. The sources stated that the occupation forces stormed the village and arrested Shteiwi after raiding and searching his home. In Nablus, local sources reported that Israeli forces arrested a young man during a raid on a building in the northern mountain area in the center of the city.

Occupation forces also arrested a young Palestinian man in the Mina area of Bethlehem, after assaulting him and confiscating his vehicle. In the southern West Bank, the army stormed the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, and arrested a young man after raiding his family's home, according to local sources. Occupation forces stormed the Far'a refugee camp in Tubas and raided several homes. Other areas in the West Bank were also subjected to Israeli night raids and foot patrols, with no arrests reported.

The number of prisoners in Israeli jails reached more than 9,300, including 56 women and 350 children, as of early February, according to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoner's Club. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that a teenager was seriously injured by occupation bullets in the town of Al-Eizariya in Jerusalem, and another young man was injured by live bullet shrapnel during clashes in the town of Sa'ir in Hebron, which witnessed heavy firing and tear gas grenades, causing suffocation cases.

In Ramallah, clashes erupted in the village of Aboud and in the city of Al-Bireh, accompanied by gunfire and tear gas grenades. Meanwhile, sources reported that settlers stormed the vicinity of a Palestinian family's home in the village of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah, amidst provocations against the residents. Other settlers stormed the vicinity of a Palestinian home in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.

North of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, settlers released their livestock into the lands of the Hamroush area, east of the town of Sa'ir. Since the start of its war on the Gaza Strip on October 8, 2023, Israel has intensified its attacks in the West Bank, including killings, arrests, displacement, and settlement expansion. The attacks in the West Bank have resulted in at least 1,112 martyrs and approximately 11,500 injured, in addition to the arrest of more than 21,000.

The number of prisoners in Israeli jails reached more than 9,300, including 56 women and 350 children, as of early February.