Israel hits Bethlehem in Christmas raids on occupied West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Christmas day inside the occupied West Monetary establishment began with an assault on the Jenin refugee camp and a variety of different arrests.

The raid on Monday morning adopted a variety of others all through the territory, which observed dozens of arrests and the taking photos inside the neck of a 17-year-old boy. Amongst cities hit was Bethlehem.

Jenin, usually thought-about as a emblem of Palestinian resistance to occupation, has been repeatedly targeted by Israeli forces since its battle with Hamas in Gaza began on October 7.

On Monday, the Jenin-based Freedom Theatre, a popular picture of peace and hope that was simply recently raided and vandalised by Israeli troopers, described how Israeli forces lit up the sky “with flare bombs” whereas raiding the camp.

Christmas Day begins with one different assault on Jenin Refugee Camp, as a result of the Israeli army lights up the sky with Flare bombs.

25.12.23#Mayday Created by @freedom_theatre & @artistfrontline #Jenin #JeninUnderAttack #Palestine #Theatre #جنين pic.twitter.com/u44NnedJUg

— The Freedom Theatre (@freedom_theatre) December 25, 2023

Reporting from the Jenin refugee camp, Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan said that the Israeli army raided on the very least 10 properties saying that they had been trying to find Palestinians to arrest. However, no detentions had been made.

“Israeli forces did identify for Palestinian fighters to return again out and supplies themselves up nevertheless that didn’t happen each. Residents are telling us that that’s merely a advertising marketing campaign of harassment,” Khan said.

“Jenin refugee camp is now in all probability essentially the most raided camp inside the occupied West Monetary establishment. The Israeli forces are destroying any picture of resistance or nationalism inside the camp.”

Whereas the raids inside the camp and Jenin space have now reportedly ended, on the very least 9 youthful males had been arrested inside the al-Jalama village, northeast of Jenin.

Areas in and near Nablus, Jericho, Ramallah and Bethlehem – which Christians think about is the birthplace of Jesus Christ – had been moreover raided in a single day by Israeli forces, Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut reported.

Inside the village of Burqa, northwest of city of Nablus inside the occupied West Monetary establishment, Israeli forces arrested on the very least 20 people, along with senior residents.

Moreover, Palestinian data firm Wafa said {{that a}} 17-year-old boy was injured after he was hit inside the neck when Israeli forces fired keep ammunition all through a raid inside the metropolis of Aqaba, north of Tubas.

Wafa reported that Israeli forces moreover arrested one different resident of Tubas sooner than withdrawing from town.

Elevated violence inside the occupied West Monetary establishment

The West Monetary establishment has seen surging violence and arrests in parallel to Israel’s battle on the Gaza Strip which has killed better than 20,000 Palestinians.

Israel says it’s specializing in Hamas in Gaza, nevertheless the violence inside the West Monetary establishment goes down no matter Hamas having restricted presence inside the territory.

Israeli incursions into the West Monetary establishment have killed on the very least 303 Palestinians since October 7.

Together with the actions of Israel’s military, assaults by Israeli settlers are moreover on the rise.

A minimum of 700,000 Israeli settlers keep in illegal, fortified, Jewish-only settlements all through the West Monetary establishment and East Jerusalem, the overwhelming majority of which had been constructed each fully or partially on private Palestinian land.

Assaults, which have elevated exponentially over the earlier three months, embody shootings, stabbings, rock throwing and beatings, along with arson and demanding hurt to homes, cars and agricultural land.

The United Nations noted that “in virtually half of all incidents, Israeli forces had been each accompanying or actively supporting the attackers”.

Rights groups, Palestinians, and some inside the worldwide group have slammed Israel for not doing ample to stop settler violence.

Earlier this month, nations like Belgium and the US announced they could impose visa restrictions on “extremist” Israeli settlers involved in undermining peace, security or stability inside the occupied West Monetary establishment.

At a cabinet meeting on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s authorities ratified a option to assign $21m to assist new settlements inside the occupied West Monetary establishment.