According to medical sources, a military raid by Israel on the Palestinian city of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank has left dozens of people injured.
According to medical sources, at least 80 people were hurt in the raid, including several who were hit with live ammunition, on Wednesday morning.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society reported to Al Jazeera that 36 people received treatment from its teams, some of whom had been inhaled with tear gas.
According to residents, the raid started at 3 a.m. (00:00 GMT), with soldiers storming several neighborhoods in Nablus’ Old City, which has a population of 30 000.
According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israel’s military deployed snipers and military vehicles.
Other videos of young people throwing stones at military vehicles and soldiers during chase-and-run operations, including the arrest of a child, included footage from the town that Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad verified.
According to Ghassan Hamdan, the head of the Palestinian Medical Relief organization in Nablus, “some houses have been turned into military posts,” soldiers were “storming and searching houses and shops inside the Old City.”
Hunderte of soldiers were involved in the raid, according to Al Jazeera’s Willem Marx, who was a reporter from Doha, Qatar.
Ghassan Dhaglas, the governor of Nablus, claimed that he believes that up to 2, 000 Israeli soldiers were involved in this operation. He referred to it as a “show of force” without justification.
He claimed that there have been “some arrests.”
“The Israeli military is not giving the operation any details,” the statement read. They say details will be made public once it is finished, he continued.
Since Israel’s occupation of Gaza in October 2023, there has been more Israeli military and settler violence in the West Bank, and thousands of Palestinians have been forced to leave their homes.
According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, at least 982 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers throughout the territory since October 2023, including hundreds of children.
Numerous significant Israeli raids have targeted the Old City of Nablus. At least two Palestinians were killed in a June-earlier Israeli army operation there.
At least 58 Palestinians were hurt, including at least one child, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, which reported the Israeli army conducting a protracted raid on Ramallah and el-Bireh, both of which were in the West Bank on Tuesday.
Source: Aljazeera
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