Early this Saturday, Israeli occupation forces launched new incursions into cities and towns in the West Bank, just hours after the martyrdom of three Palestinians inside a settlement near Hebron.
A special Israeli force stormed Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, raiding a house in the Al-Safiri neighborhood at the city center under the pretext of a wanted Palestinian taking refuge inside.
During the operation, the occupation forces sent additional military reinforcements to the city, invading from its northern and eastern axes and spreading out across its neighborhoods.
Activists reported that the Israeli forces withdrew from Qalqilya after failing to arrest the targeted Palestinian.
Palestinian sources stated that a special Israeli force raided the wanted Palestinian's house.
The sources noted that young men set rubber tires on fire in the Kafr Saba neighborhood of Qalqilya while confronting the Israeli incursion.
According to activists, the occupation forces also invaded the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya.
Meanwhile, Al Jazeera's correspondent reported the Israeli army's incursion into Bethlehem and local Palestinian platforms broadcasted footage of the operation.
Activists mentioned that the Israeli army also invaded the town of Idhna west of Hebron early today.
Yesterday morning, Israeli forces carried out incursions that included Tulkarm (in the northern West Bank) and its camps, where the young man Khaled Ahmad Zbaidi (19 years old) was martyred after being brutally beaten by Israeli soldiers in the village of Zita north of the city.
Since the launch of the Palestinian resistance operation "Aqsa Flood" on October 7, the Israeli army has escalated its attacks in the West Bank, resulting in the martyrdom of more than 340 Palestinians and the arrest of about 6,000.
Footage of the moments when 3 young men infiltrated the Adora settlement in Hebron in the West Bank
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In the meantime, Palestinian news websites reported from local sources in the town of "Idhna" west of Hebron that the town's national and Islamic forces called for a general strike today, Saturday, in mourning for the three martyrs who died inside the "Adora" settlement northwest of the city.
A statement from the Israeli army said that security forces killed three armed Palestinians during an exchange of gunfire after they infiltrated the settlement.
Two Israelis were injured in the shootout, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority.
In contrast, sources from the martyrs' families denied any connection to the armed operation that coincided with their presence in the settlement.
The sources stated that the three martyrs are cousins who collected iron and were accustomed to passing through the settlement's route. They indicated that the martyrs died at the entrance to the settlement at the hands of security personnel for being suspected.
