At least one Palestinian was killed and more than 30 were injured when Israeli forces stormed the occupied West Bank, using live fire and tear gas to storm the city of Nablus.
According to residents, exchange shops were attacked on Tuesday in the cities of Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron Arrabeh, el-Bireh, Bethlehem, Jenin, and Tubas.
According to local media reports, Israeli soldiers dug into a gold store and a foreign exchange owned by the Al-Khaleej company in Nablus. Additionally, they reportedly used smoke bombs to bomb the city of Jenin’s center, and Tubas and Bethlehem’s streets were closed while there were Palestinian occupied areas.
During a raid in Nablus, the Ramallah-based Ministry of Health reported that one man was killed and eight others were injured by live ammunition.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society reported that three people had been injured by rubber bullets and 20 others had been treated for tear gas inhalation.
More than 54, 000 Palestinians have been killed since the war started on October 7, 2023, and tens of thousands of people have been starving in the besieged enclave as Israel continues to expand its military presence in Gaza.
On suspicion that the stores supported “terrorism,” Israel conducted the raids on foreign exchanges, according to Israeli Army Radio on Tuesday. Additionally, according to the radio station, the operation resulted in the West Bank being seized large sums of money that were intended for “terrorism infrastructure.”
A leaflet from the Ramallah-based company’s Ramallah location read, “Israeli forces are taking action against Al-Khaleej Exchange Company due to its connections with terrorist organizations.”
Israel’s Hamdah Salhut, according to Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut, said an official spoke with Israeli media about the raids, but they have not yet issued an official statement.
Salhut, who was reporting from Amman, Jordan, was quoted as saying, “This official said earlier that Israel believes that these cash exchange places are funneling money to what they call terrorist organizations” because Al Jazeera has been prohibited from reporting from Israel and the West Bank. Salhut, who was reporting from Amman, Jordan, said this official.
The Israeli military does not provide any proof to the owners of these stores, she continued.
Salhut claimed that this was the fourth time since the Israeli genocide in Gaza began.
The Israeli military raided five different cash exchanges in December of that year, capturing nearly $3 million, she said. It occurred again in August of that year, and again in September of the same year.
Hamas launches scathing operations
The Israeli raids, according to Hamas, “add another chapter in the occupation’s open war against the Palestinian people, their lives, their economy, and all the foundations of their steadfastness and perseverance on their land.”
The Palestinian organization stated in a statement that the targeted companies were “operating within the law” and that “these assaults on economic institutions, accompanied by the looting of large sums of money and the confiscation of property, are an extension of the [Israeli] occupation government’s policies.
Hamas urged the Palestinian Authority to stop the Israeli attacks.
Source: Aljazeera
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