Occupation forces continue to storm West Bank towns (Reuters)
Violent clashes took place at dawn today, Sunday, between the Palestinian resistance and the occupation forces, in the town of Maithalun, south of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, after the Israeli army stormed the town and launched an arrest campaign that included other towns in the West Bank. The occupation also blew up the homes of the two martyrs who carried out the tunnel operation last November.
Palestinian media said that the resistance fighters opened fire and fired homemade bombs at the occupation forces that stormed the town of Maithlon. They also detonated explosive devices in Israeli military vehicles, while the occupation soldiers fired gas and sound bombs, without causing any casualties.
The occupation forces also stormed the town of Arora, northwest of Ramallah, and the city of Nablus, and arrested a number of Palestinians after storming their homes and tampering with their contents.
The Israeli army interrogated some Palestinians on the ground after storming the village of Marda, north of Salfit, and raided a number of homes, without reporting any arrests in the town.
For his part, Al Jazeera's correspondent said that the Israeli occupation forces stormed Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, and conducted their patrols in the city's streets.
While Palestinian resistance fighters opened fire at the Israeli military Dotan checkpoint near the city of Jenin in the West Bank.
Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the "traffic circle" in Hebron in the West Bank, and closed all entrances to the area.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Club indicated - yesterday, Saturday - that the total number of arrests in the West Bank reached 6,155 detainees, since last October 7.
The moment the occupation bombed the house of one of the perpetrators of the tunnel operation, the martyr Nasrallah Al-Qawasmi, in the city of Hebron pic.twitter.com/bs2m6KY5Lo
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Two houses demolished
Also in Hebron, Al Jazeera correspondent Montaser Nassar said that the Israeli occupation forces blew up the house of the Qassami martyr Nasrallah Al-Qawasmi in the city of Hebron in the southern West Bank, and also demolished the house of his brother, the Qassami martyr Abdul Qadir Al-Qawasmi.
The Israeli army destroyed the two homes after forcing residents of the area to leave their homes.
The two martyrs carried out an operation at the military tunnel checkpoint south of Jerusalem on November 16, which resulted in the killing of an Israeli soldier and the wounding of 7 Israelis with varying injuries.
Source: Al Jazeera + Palestinian press