PALESTINE
Sun 12 Nov 2023 8:28 pm - Jerusalem Time
Escalation in the West Bank: Death, arrests, and injuries concentrated in the abdomen
Doctors Without Borders said that most of the wounded it receives in the city of Jenin, north of the occupied West Bank, suffered gunshot wounds to the abdomen and legs, at a time when Palestinians are being martyred one after another and raids and arrests continue.
A doctor in the intensive care unit in Jenin with Doctors Without Borders said that some of the wounded suffered shattered livers and spleens, while others suffered serious blood vessel injuries.
He stressed that the majority of Palestinian youth received by Jenin Hospital suffered wounds resulting from gunshots in the abdomen and lower thighs, saying that "most of the wounded we receive suffer from life-threatening injuries."
In the West Bank in general, Israel has continued to escalate the incursions it carries out on a daily basis, which often end in martyrs among Palestinian citizens.
Three Palestinians were martyred, and about 40 were arrested, as a result of the Israeli occupation forces storming various areas, including Jerusalem, Hebron, Tulkarm, and Nablus.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the death of a young Palestinian man as a result of wounds he sustained at dawn today in the town of Burqa, Nablus district, which also witnessed a storming of the town of Beita.
This was preceded by the fall of two martyrs in the Jenin Governorate, last night, one in the town of Arraba, south of Jenin, and the other in the city of Jenin, during confrontations that took place with the occupation forces, which raised the number of martyrs in the West Bank to 186 since the beginning of the war on Gaza, and the number of detainees reached 2,470. Detained.
Hundreds arrested
For its part, Israel announced on Sunday the arrest of 950 activists from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the West Bank since the start of the war on October 7.
The Israeli army said - in a statement - that "since the outbreak of the current war, more than 1,570 wanted persons have been arrested throughout the West Bank, with more than 950 of them belonging to the Hamas organization."
He reported that 15 Palestinians were arrested last night throughout the West Bank, including 6 belonging to Hamas, according to the statement.
Curfew On the other hand, the Israeli human rights center B'Tselem said on Sunday that Tel Aviv has imposed a curfew on 11 neighborhoods in the Old City area in the city of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, since the start of the war.
The center reported - in a report - that businesses and stores were closed and about 750 families were imprisoned in their homes.
He continued, "Only on October 21, after two weeks of complete curfew, the army announced that residents could leave their homes, on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, for one hour in the morning, and one hour in the evening each time."
The Old City area in Hebron is under Israeli responsibility, and is home to a number of Israeli settlers. B'Tselem reported that any exit from the house requires passing through checkpoints and confrontations with soldiers, which entails insults and severe physical searches.
He explained that this procedure takes a long time, and many residents who go out to shop are unable to pass through the checkpoint during the short time allotted to them.
Source: Al Jazeera + Anatolia
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Escalation in the West Bank: Death, arrests, and injuries concentrated in the abdomen