The Israeli occupation forces continued their incursion operations into towns and cities in the occupied West Bank on Friday. They raided the towns of Beit Ummar in the north of Hebron, Huwwara in the east of Qalqilya, Beit Fajjar in Bethlehem, and Beit Furik in the east of Nablus. Additionally, the Israeli police stormed the courtyards of the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque to prevent worshippers from performing prayers and staying overnight on the occasion of Al-Isra and Mi’raj, concurrently with a march by dozens of settlers in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.
A Palestinian was injured after being run over by a settler’s car at the eastern entrance of Qalqilya city. Israeli forces also invaded the towns of Badras in the west of Ramallah and Azun and Huwwara in the east of Nablus.
The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that 5 individuals were wounded by Israeli occupation forces in Beit Furik town, east of Nablus in the West Bank. The incursion led to clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian youth. The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed that the Israeli forces attacked a wounded individual inside an ambulance while being transported to the hospital.
Al Jazeera correspondent in Palestine reported that Israeli forces intensified their military measures around Nablus city following the killing of a Palestinian by Israeli army gunfire at Deir Sharaf checkpoint west of the city on Thursday. Meanwhile, the family of Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Ahmed Al-Sabar from Dahiriyeh city south of Hebron was informed by the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club of their son’s martyrdom. Mohammad (20 years old) had been detained for two years.
The Israeli occupation forces shot a Palestinian youth under the pretext of firing at Israeli soldiers at Deir Sharaf checkpoint and prevented an ambulance from passing to rescue the young man. The occupation forces withdrew from Deir Sharaf town after raiding it, searching shops, and confiscating surveillance cameras.
Israeli army radio reported that around 25 settlers stoned Palestinian cars near Deir Sharaf village west of Nablus city.
On the other hand, the Old City of occupied Jerusalem witnessed a provocative march by settlers under tight Israeli occupation forces’ protection.
Israeli occupation forces set up barriers and prevented the residents of occupied Jerusalem from reaching the Old City or the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
