Israeli forces carried out a series of dawn raids and demolitions across the occupied West Bank, arresting several Palestinians and causing widespread property destruction, according to Wafa.
Israeli forces raided a Palestinian home at dawn in the town of Yabad, west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, arresting a young man, Wafa reported.
In Jenin's Qabatiya city, troops forcibly entered the home of a Palestinian man currently imprisoned by Israel and conducted a search, while a military bulldozer destroyed market stalls in the vicinity, according to the news agency.
Locals resisting the raid in Qabatiya clashed with Israeli forces.
In Muthalath al-Shuhada village, also in Jenin, Israeli forces blew up a vehicle, and bulldozers destroyed market stalls and goods containers in Arrabeh.
Clashes were reported between local residents and Israeli forces in the Sweitat neighborhood of Jenin, and near the al-Asfour and Haddad roundabouts, Wafa said.
Britain's new Foreign Secretary David Lammy will press for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages during a trip to Israel and occupied Palestinian territories, the British foreign office said.
ReplyDeleteMr Lammy will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and make the case for a "credible and irreversible pathway towards a two-state solution", the British Foreign Office said in a statement.