PALESTINE
Sun 05 Nov 2023 9:47 pm - Jerusalem Time
Arrests, raids, and orgies of Israeli settlers in West Bank and occupied Jerusalem
This Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers and settlers continued their aggression against our people, their sanctities, and their property.
In occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli forces arrested four citizens from Bab al-Amud Square in the Old City and the town of Issawiya, north of the city.
Local sources reported that the occupation forces arrested the two young men, Uday and Qusay Zahida, after assaulting them in Bab al-Amoud Square. They also arrested the two young men, Wahib Alyan, and Hafez Derbas in Issawiya after raiding their homes.
In Ramallah, settlers attacked citizens and their vehicles north of the city.
Local sources reported that a group of settlers attacked citizens and their vehicles with stones, on the road connecting the cities of Ramallah and Nablus, near the “Eli” settlement established on citizens’ lands north of Ramallah, which led to material damage to the vehicle of citizen Ali Salahat.
In Nablus, settlers destroyed a vehicle after throwing stones at it while it was passing on the street connecting the cities of Nablus and Ramallah.
Local sources reported that a number of settlers attacked the vehicle of the young man, Iyad Atta Daraghmeh, and smashed its windows, at a time when dozens of settlers were blocking the road between Nablus and Ramallah, in the vicinity of the villages and towns of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya, Al-Sawiya, Qabalan, and the Zaatara checkpoint, south of Nablus.
Settlers attacked the guard of the Sebastia water well, northwest of Nablus.
The mayor of Sebastia, Muhammad Azem, said that about 15 settlers attacked the water well that feeds villages northwest of Nablus and parts of the city, and tried to attack the guard present in the area, in an attempt to kill him.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested a young man from the village of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus.
Local sources reported that the occupation soldiers who set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village arrested the young man, Mahmoud Abdel Nasser Nobani (25 years old), after stopping the vehicle he was traveling in and searching the passengers’ phones.
Dozens of settlers, protected by Israeli forces, participated in a provocative march near the town of Qabalan, south of Nablus.
Local sources reported that dozens of settlers set off from the “Rahalim” settlement established on citizens’ lands south of Nablus, raising occupation flags towards the entrance to the town of Qablan, with protection from the occupation army.
In Salfit, on Sunday, Israeli occupation bulldozers uprooted 70 old olive trees from the lands of the village of Haris, west of the city.
Citizen Nasser Daoud reported that the bulldozers uprooted and cut down approximately 70 long-lived olive trees belonging to the heirs of Fawaz Daoud, whose ages ranged between 100-120 years, planted on an area of 20 dunums in the “Al-Safra” area adjacent to the “Refafa” settlement.
Daoud pointed out that the occupation forces prevented them from entering the land to pick olives several days ago, noting that the area has been subjected to repeated attacks by settlers and Israeli forces for some time, including acts of sabotage, the demolition of stone chains, and attacks on the owners of the land.
Israeli bulldozers closed the northern entrance to the city of Salfit with earth mounds.
Local sources said that Israeli army had previously closed the entrance for several weeks with an iron gate, before closing it today with earth mounds, tightening its grip on the city of Salfit, which has been subjected to a series of strict military measures, closures and restrictions in all its towns and villages since the beginning of the occupation’s aggression against our people a month ago. .
In Bethlehem, clashes broke out tonight with Israeli army after the closure of shops in the village of Husan, west of the city.
Husan Village Council Director Rami Hamamra said that the confrontations were concentrated in the Al-Muteena area at the eastern entrance, during which Israeli army fired bullets and tear gas and sound bombs, but no injuries were reported.
Hamamra added that Israeli army took observation posts from some rooftops after seizing them and turning them into military barracks.
The Israeli forces prevented citizens from picking olives in the village west of the city.
The head of the Husan Village Council, Jamal Sabateen, said that tIsraeli army prevented citizens from reaching their land in the “Wadi Al-Ghuwait” area to pick olives, and threatened them not to come again, otherwise they would put their lives in danger.
It is noteworthy that Israeli army yesterday prevented citizens from the city of Beit Jala, west of Bethlehem, from reaching their land in the Al-Makhrour area in the west to pick olives, knowing that settlers had stolen olives in that area a few days ago.
Husan Village Council Chairman Jamal Sabateen said that Israeli army stormed the Al-Muteena area at the eastern entrance, fired poison gas and sound bombs, and forced shop owners to close their doors at gunpoint.
Sabateen added that Israeli army seized the rooftops of houses and turned them into observation points in
Al-Muteena area, where the house of Samir Mahmoud Zaoul and Muhammad Hamamra was known.
In Jenin, citizens suffocated as a result of inhaling poisonous gas, during confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces in the village of Zabuba, west of the city.
Fatah Secretary Hussein Jaradat said that confrontations broke out after Israeli army stormed the village adjacent to the separation and apartheid wall, during which poison gas bombs were fired, causing a number of citizens to suffocate, while Israeli army intensified their military presence in the vicinity of villages and towns west of Jenin. On Jenin Street - Haifa.
Today, Sunday, settlers set up a mobile home “caravan” in the Tuqua Wilderness, southeast of Bethlehem.
The director of the Office of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission in Bethlehem, Hassan Barijiyah, reported that a group of settlers set up a “caravan” in the “Danyan” area, bringing the total number of caravans installed to five caravans, with the aim of establishing a settlement outpost.
Brijiyeh added that the settlers, under the protection of the occupation forces, are exploiting the current circumstances as a result of the aggression on the Gaza Strip since the seventh of this month, to impose illegal facts on the land, especially since it is private land.
In Hebron, Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Idhna, west of the city.
Local sources said that the occupation forces stormed the town and deployed in several neighborhoods, raided a number of homes, and fired sound and lighting bombs in the area.
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Arrests, raids, and orgies of Israeli settlers in West Bank and occupied Jerusalem