The Israeli police have reported that a female recruit from the special border guard unit was killed in clashes early Sunday morning in the West Bank city of Jenin. Meanwhile, Al Jazeera's correspondent has reported the martyrdom of six Palestinian youths, including four brothers, following an Israeli drone strike near the Martyrs' Triangle at the southern entrance to Jenin.
With the deaths of these six young men, the number of martyrs in Jenin, killed by Israeli occupation forces by gunfire and bombings, has risen to 80 since the onset of the war on the Gaza Strip on October 7 last year.
This escalation occurred after Israeli forces stormed the city of Jenin, triggering immediate armed clashes between them and Palestinian fighters in several areas of the city. The Israeli military has announced that four soldiers were injured, including two with serious wounds, after an explosive device detonated targeting them in Jenin.
Urgent Journalistic Coverage: The occupation announces the death of a recruit after being wounded in an explosive device blast against military vehicles during the incursion into Jenin
— Al Qastal News (@AlQastalps) January 7, 2024
The Jenin Battalion, affiliated with the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, Saraya al-Quds, stated that it had achieved direct hits and inflicted losses on the invading forces and their equipment, confirming that its fighters engaged with the occupation forces, firing a barrage of bullets and detonating explosive devices.
#Photos | Of parts of the occupying forces' destroyed vehicles in Jenin
— Palestinian Media Center (@PalinfoAr) January 7, 2024
In Tulkarem governorate, three Palestinians were injured during an invasion by the occupation forces in the town of Zeita to the north of the governorate. The Palestinian Red Crescent announced that four Palestinians were injured by Israeli occupation forces’ gunfire, one of whom was seriously wounded during clashes in the towns of Bal'a and Anabta east of the governorate.
Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed neighborhoods and spread throughout to arrest those they label as wanted, settled in the middle of the town of Bal'a, and clashes erupted with Palestinians who confronted the incursion. The forces of occupation proceeded to destroy and set fire to a commercial store and fired stun grenades at it before withdrawing.
In the Nablus governorate, clashes broke out between Palestinian youths and occupation forces in the village of Aqraba southeast of Nablus after an earlier raid by the forces around the old town. Violent clashes ensued between the occupation forces and Palestinian fighters attempting to resist the incursion.
In the Hebron governorate, occupation forces stormed the city of Dura, the resilience hill area in Masafer Yatta, and the town of Bani Naim to the east of Hebron, embarking on house raids and searches of civilians' homes.
Additionally, occupation forces invaded the city of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, raided several neighborhoods, and arrested a number of young men amidst their intensifying campaign in the West Bank, concurrent with their ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip for the 93rd day.
