Israeli drones have bombarded vehicles in Nablus and Tulkarm, resulting in a number of martyrs and injuries. Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces stormed several cities and towns in the occupied West Bank early Wednesday morning, raiding numerous homes.
The official Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported that several young men were martyred in a drone strike by an Israeli aircraft on a car near Balata Refugee Camp, east of Nablus.
Security sources were quoted as saying, “A drone targeted a vehicle near Bardala Junction next to Balata Camp, causing it to explode and catch fire. There was no immediate information on casualties or martyrs, as medical crews were prevented from reaching the site.”
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society stated in a press release that it managed to reach the targeted car after the withdrawal of the Israeli army and retrieved a body.
WAFA added that other youths’ bodies were detained by the army before it withdrew.
In Tulkarm Refugee Camp, north of the West Bank, an occupation drone targeted a vehicle, leading to the martyrdom of four Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.
The Islamic Jihad Movement stated that “The enemy’s resort to assassination using drones in the West Bank proves its inability to confront the resistance fighters on the ground.”
Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that Israeli forces stormed the city of Ramallah in central West Bank, besieged the old city and Ramallah Al-Tahta neighborhood, and raided homes in both areas.
The occupation forces also targeted areas in Hebron city, including Ras al-Joura, Deir Bahaa, and Al-Jalda, where they raided several houses, conducted searches, arrested Palestinians.
The vehicle targeted by the occupation forces near Balata Refugee Camp, east of Nablus, caught fire.
— Shehab Agency (@ShehabAgency) January 17, 2024
Aggressions
In Qalqilya, Israeli forces arrested Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip residing in a residential building.
The incursion began at dawn today with the raiding of neighborhoods including Kafr Saba and Al-Qar’an, kidnapping a young man, and shooting at a Palestinian vehicle.
In Hebron, occupation forces assaulted several Palestinian citizens early today in Bani Naim town east of Hebron, south of the West Bank. They also raided the homes of the perpetrators of the Ra’anana operation north of Tel Aviv, took measurements, and conducted an engineering survey in preparation for their demolition.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society indicated that its teams transported two Palestinian citizens who were injured due to the beating they suffered in the town.
The occupation army pushed huge military bulldozers during the invasion of Tulkarm Camp
— Shehab Agency (@ShehabAgency) January 17, 2024
Two young men from Bani Naim town were arrested by the occupation forces for allegedly being behind the dual operation in Ra’anana, which resulted in the killing of an Israeli woman and the injury of 18 others, in a stabbing and ramming operation last Monday.
Several neighborhoods in the city of Tulkarm on the West Bank are witnessing ongoing clashes and explosions. Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that the occupation forces have sent military reinforcements to invade the Tulkarm Camp amid a widespread siege of the city’s hospitals.
Yesterday, three Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire during confrontations in the north and center of the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli army continues its invasion operations, while Haaretz daily reported that security officials stated that the situation in the West Bank is on the verge of explosion.
Since the launch of “The Al-Aqsa Flood” resistance battle and the beginning of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, the occupation has intensified its military operations in the West Bank, increasing the pace of raids and invasions into Palestinian cities, towns, and camps, resulting in 355 martyrs and about 4,200 wounded until yesterday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
The ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip for more than 100 days has left 24,285 martyrs and 61,154 injured until yesterday and has caused the displacement of more than 85% of the Strip’s population (about 1.9 million people), according to the region’s authorities and the United Nations.
