18 Palestinians martyred in Israeli occupation attacks on several areas in the West Bank

18 Palestinians were martyred and tens others were wounded on Thursday in Israeli occupation raids on several areas in the West Bank.

WAFA News Agency reported that a large number of occupation forces, accompanied by bulldozers, stormed into the city of Jenin and its camp from several directions, and deployed their snipers on the rooftops of a number of buildings overlooking the camp, amid intense drone flights and shooting towards the Palestinians, which led to the martyrdom of 14 of them and the injury of more than 25, some of them in serious condition.

The occupation forces imposed a strict siege on the camp, while their bulldozers razed a number of streets and infrastructure in the camp and its vicinity, amid the continued arrival of military reinforcements to the city of Jenin from all directions. The occupation forces also arrested four Palestinians from one family, according to WAFA.

In Nablus, the occupation forces stormed Balata camp and attacked the Palestinians with gunfire, which led to the martyrdom of a young Palestinian, after he was shot in the abdomen, and the injury of 17 others.

For its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the martyrdom of a young Palestinian after being shot by Israeli occupation forces during a raid on Al-Amari camp in the city of Al-Bireh this morning, pointing out that six others were injured by Israeli gunfire.

Another Palestinian was martyred today after being shot in the chest by occupation forces during their raid the village of Tabqa in Dura, southwest of Al-Khalil city (Hebron) last night, while another Palestinian was martyred due to the wounds he sustained during the occupation forces’ raid on Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem.

Hamda Mustafa