Cities in the occupied West Bank have been reacting since yesterday evening, Friday, through marches and vigils denouncing what they are witnessing Gaza strip From an unprecedented Israeli aggression, while the occupation army launched an arrest campaign on Saturday morning in the West Bank.
A march took place in the city of Ramallah to denounce the escalation of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian digital platforms published scenes from that demonstration.
Young men take the oath to protect Al-Aqsa during the demonstration that began in Ramallah in support of Gaza and rejection of the aggression against it. pic.twitter.com/PwAQqHJeHl
– Al-Qastal News | Jerusalem (@AlQastalps) October 27, 2023
These platforms reported that some of these vigils were subjected to what they described as repression by the Palestinian Authority, noting that the Authority’s security services called in armored vehicles to prevent citizens from reaching what is known as Joseph’s Tomb, which settlers usually use as an excuse to storm Nablus.
#urgent Abbas’s forces in Nablus call for armored vehicles to prevent citizens from reaching Joseph’s grave, which the settlers use as an excuse to permanently storm Nablus. pic.twitter.com/dPHHZd4TKx
– Shehab News Agency (@ShehabAgency) October 27, 2023
Demonstrators chanted in a protest in the city of Jenin in support of Gaza and denouncing the escalation of Israeli aggression against it, in addition to marches that took place on Saturday morning in support of Gaza.
Young Palestinians also gathered at the Martyrs’ Roundabout in the center of Nablus to perform what they called the “Great Dawn” prayer in support of Gaza, and to denounce the ongoing occupation massacres in the Gaza Strip, which increased with the Israeli army’s announcement of launching ground attacks on Friday evening.
Press coverage: “Part of the performance of the great dawn prayer in the center of the city of Jenin, in support of Gaza.”#Gaza now #Land _ invasion #Gaza_is_annihilated #Gaza_is_resisting #Gazabombing #Gaza pic.twitter.com/aumRyDU1PN
– Palestinian Information Center (@PalinfoAr) October 28, 2023
Thousands of Palestinians also gathered in a number of squares in the West Bank at dawn on Saturday in support of the Gaza Strip. Anatolia Agency explained that thousands of Palestinians performed the dawn prayer in the squares of the cities of Nablus, Tulkarm, Jenin and Tubas, in response to popular calls in several cities in the West Bank to perform the “Great Dawn” prayer in the city centers in support of Gaza.
Press coverage: “Young men begin to gather at the Martyrs’ Roundabout in the center of Nablus to perform the great dawn prayer, in support of Gaza.”#Gaza now #Land _ invasion #Gaza_is_annihilated #Gaza_is_resisting pic.twitter.com/kxHWArieSu
– Palestinian Information Center (@PalinfoAr) October 28, 2023
Palestinian digital platforms published video clips of two mass demonstrations in Tulkarm and Nablus in solidarity with the residents of Gaza, after the Israeli army spokesman announced a ground incursion.
Press coverage: “A march in the city of Nablus in support of Gaza.” pic.twitter.com/8bDJxRygd5
– Quds News Network (@qudsn) October 27, 2023
Continuous arrests
On the other hand, the occupation army continued its escalating campaign of arresting Palestinians in the West Bank, announcing the arrest of more than 10 of those it described as activists in the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) there.
The Israeli newspaper “Jerusalem Post” explained that Israeli forces have been carrying out arrests since Saturday morning in several locations in the West Bank.
The occupation army recently announced the arrest of 1,030 Palestinians in the West Bank since the beginning of the war against the resistance factions on October 7, including 670 that it said “belong to the Hamas movement.” Palestinian platforms also published scenes of “the occupation army continuing to demolish the house of the imprisoned Hamas leader Bagis al-Nakhla” near the Jalazoun camp, north of Ramallah.
The occupation army demolishes the home of prisoner Bagis al-Nakhla near the Jalazoun camp, north of Ramallah in the West Bank#Gaza_War #video pic.twitter.com/UiM5QWw3zo
– Al Jazeera Palestine (@AJA_Palestine) October 28, 2023
# witness.. The occupation forces arrested the two brothers, Muhammad and Shadi Nakhleh, during the ongoing storming of the Jalazoun camp, north of Ramallah. pic.twitter.com/mJ8s9V59Rm
– Shehab News Agency (@ShehabAgency) October 28, 2023
These developments in the West Bank come with the continued occupation raids on the Gaza Strip, which left thousands of martyrs and wounded, and its announcement yesterday evening, Friday, of launching a ground incursion into the Strip, with the continuation of Operation “Al-Aqsa floodLaunched by the Palestinian resistance factions at dawn on October 7 in response to the attacks by the Israeli occupation and settlers against the Palestinian people and their sanctities.
