Settlers attack Bedouins, Ben-Gvir fuels tensions in occupied West Bank

In response to the persistent pounding of the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continue to raid and arrest residents in the occupied West Bank and assault a Bedouin family in Taybeh, east of Ramallah.

In the town of Ash-Shuyukh, northeast of Hebron, settler gunfire also caused two Palestinians to suffer injuries in the Khallet al-Eis neighborhood.

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With the aid of Israeli troops who had stormed the area and fired live ammunition, the settlers shot at homes and set fire to agricultural land. Additionally, they stormed and vandalized Nablus’ Hanbali Mosque.

Israeli nationals who illegally reside on private Palestinian land are known as the “settlers.” In 150 illegal settlements and 128 outposts spread out across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, more than 700, 000 settlers reside in Israel, or 10% of the country’s population. With the support of the Israeli army, they have continued to kill and harm residents of Palestine who live there and who are executing them.

Israeli minister storms the West Bank city.

Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right national security minister, and Border Police from Israel and the West Bank city of Umm al-Fahm, northwest of Jenin, were present in the storming.

Ben-Gvir made the decision as far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich and Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich advocated plans to annex large portions of the Palestinian territory, despite condemnation from European and Arab leaders.

In August, according to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Israeli forces and settlers attacked Palestinians and their property across the West Bank, including 431 settlers’ assaults. It claimed that attacks occur “almost daily” as part of a wider push to expel Palestinians from their land.

raids by Israeli forces across the West Bank

According to the Wafa news agency, Israeli forces raided seven Palestinians throughout the West Bank.

In Ramallah, two Palestinian men were detained in separate raids, one after another, and one after another in Hebron.

Following an Israeli raid on her home in the village of Kufeirit, a woman was detained in the Jenin governorate. Jenin and al-Yamoun both had additional arrests.

According to Wafa, Israeli forces also detained three residents of the Bethlehem governorate.

Habib Salah Issa Qassem, 40, and Firas Ibrahim Ali Beit Rashid, 39, were taken into custody after Israeli forces stormed the Handaza area in the east of the governorate, according to Wafa.

Salah Nabil Muhammad al-Shaer, 18, was detained in the western village of Husan, according to al-Matina’s al-Mathanian authorities.

During raids across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Israeli forces shot 26 Palestinians and made 18 arrests, according to reports of three young men being shot in the town of Nilin, west of Ramallah, after fighting broke out during a military incursion.

After conducting field interviews in the town of Anata, northeast of Jerusalem, soldiers stormed homes in large numbers and detained at least 16 Palestinians, according to Wafa.

At an Israeli checkpoint close to Nablus, two other people were taken from a taxi, and residents in Hebron reported harassment and property damage as well. Forces also conducted searches and set up roadblocks in response.