7/8/2024–|Last update: 7/8/202401:30 PM (Makkah Time)
A general strike took place today, Wednesday. Embryo In mourning for the martyrs who were assassinated by the Israeli army in its recent aggression on the city and its camp, while the occupation forces stormed many cities West Bank A new campaign of arrests was carried out there.
The national and Islamic forces called for a general strike in mourning for the souls of 8 martyrs killed by the occupation army yesterday in the city of Jenin and the village of Kafr Qud, southwest of the city.
Al Jazeera correspondent Laith Jaar said that the strike was almost completely adhered to in the city of Jenin and its camp, noting that marches were held in preparation for the funeral of a martyr whose death was announced this morning after he was seriously injured in a raid carried out by an Israeli drone yesterday on the eastern part of the city.
Israeli drones carried out two raids on the eastern region, which resulted in the martyrdom of 5 Palestinian youths, and 3 others were martyred in the village of Kafr Qud.
The occupation army said that its forces killed 11 Palestinian militants and wounded others in air strikes and clashes in the city of Jenin and its camp in the northern West Bank, and also spoke of the arrest of wanted militants and the confiscation of weapons.
He also announced that a soldier was moderately injured in a clash with gunmen during his military operation that lasted approximately 20 hours in Jenin, noting that 3 other soldiers were injured in a military vehicle rollover.
The occupation forces left behind extensive destruction to the infrastructure of Jenin camp, as their bulldozers destroyed homes over the heads of their residents and vandalized the streets.
The moment the occupation special forces infiltrated the old town in #Nablus To carry out a security operation..
Who opened the truck door for them, a spy or an Arab officer?!! pic.twitter.com/t4HKOqJxqL
— Al-Aqsa Flood (@Afcq1954) August 6, 2024
Raids and arrests
In the latest developments in the West Bank, Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that the occupation forces stormed the city of Hebron just before noon today and raided a number of shops.
This morning, violent clashes erupted between resistance fighters and the occupation forces during their storming of the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
Local sources said that about 12 military vehicles stormed Nablus and reached several neighborhoods in it, and also surrounded a school inside the old city before the invading forces withdrew towards Balata camp east of the city, where they blew up the headquarters of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (to open).
The occupation forces also stormed the city of Qalqilya, located in the northern West Bank, and arrested 4 Palestinians and raided the homes of the martyrs Jamal Abu Haniya and Ali Bakr, who were martyred after a drone targeted their car in Tulkarm a few days ago, in addition to storming the home of the martyr Ihab Hamed and arresting his father, and the father of the martyr Ali Bakr, before withdrawing from the area.
In the same context, an Israeli force stormed Qalandia camp north of occupied Jerusalem at dawn today. Al-Aqsa TV said that the occupation soldiers arrested more than 12 young men, including one suffering from kidney failure, and later released them, with the exception of 3 brothers.
The Israeli raids also included the Deheishe refugee camp in Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.
For its part, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the occupation forces arrested 26 citizens in the West Bank during the recent raids.
The club and the Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Authority explained – in a joint statement – that the arrests of the past hours have increased the number of detainees since the operation. Al-Aqsa Flood To 10 thousand citizens.
Since October 7, 2023, the occupation forces have escalated their attacks in the West Bank, resulting in the martyrdom of at least 620 Palestinians and the injury of more than 5,000 others, according to official Palestinian statistics.
Siege and barriers
Since the beginning of the war on Gaza, the Israeli occupation has tightened its siege on the West Bank, especially the north, such as the Tulkarm and Jenin governorates.
This war caused human and economic losses due to the policy of separating cities and towns from each other with military barriers.