The Israeli occupation army confirmed the arrest of dozens and the killing of 3 Palestinians in the West Bank, and called the security operation "breaking waves" for the repression during the month of Ramadan, and ordered its units to deter and stop the "momentum of Palestinian operations", amid condemnation from the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian factions.

The Israeli army spokesman, Avichai Adraei, said on Twitter that 31 Palestinians were arrested - among them are wanted - in connection with the Bnei Brak operation, which was carried out by the martyr Diaa Hamarsha from the village of Yabad, south of Jenin, two days ago.

The Israeli spokesman also confirmed the killing of 3 Palestinian gunmen, and the wounding of an Israeli soldier, during an armed clash in Jenin in the West Bank.

In the early hours of this morning, the IDF, Border Police and Shin Bet forces launched a military campaign in several points inside Jenin, where the forces arrested two wanted security men suspected of being involved in or aiding them in carrying out the terrorist attack in Bani Brak.

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— Avichay Adraee (@AvichayAdraee) March 31, 2022

stop the momentum

For his part, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi said - during a meeting with the leaders of the regional brigades and the Central Command - "You have a central and important role in preventing these operations and quickly, and it is clear that it is easier to have a sabotage operation every 4, 5 days or a week, and this creates momentum."

Kohavi added that the ongoing crackdown in Jenin is correct in terms of planning, and good in terms of implementation, stressing that "a state of deterrence must be created."

And the occupation forces deployed additional military checkpoints on the main roads and axes from the center of the West Bank to its north, after sending military reinforcements to the seam points in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

The funeral of an Israeli policeman who was killed the day before yesterday, Tuesday, in the Bnei Brak operation (Getty Images)

Meanwhile, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation announced that the army called the "wavebreaker" the security preparations that it will take to confront the operations and confrontations with the Palestinians, specifically during the month of Ramadan.

In the context of Israeli provocations, the far-right member of the Knesset, Itamar Ben Gvir, stormed this morning, Wednesday, the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, after obtaining a license from the occupation police.

The extremist MP posted on Twitter a video from the courtyards of the Temple Mount, saying, "He who rules the Temple Mount is the one who rules all the land of Israel. This is our country."

לאורך כל הלילה דובר חמאס איים עליי שלא אעלה להר הבית, אני לא מבין למה לא מחסלים אותו בסיכול ממוק

עליתי הבוקר להר הבית להתפלל ולהעביר מסר: אסור לנו להתקפל ולהכנע בפני איומי המחבלים.

מי ששולט בהר הבית, שולט בארץ ישראל כולה.

זו הארץ שלנו.

צילום: מנהלת הר הבית.

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— איתמר בן גביר (@itamarbengvir) March 31, 2022

Warning and warning

The West Bank is witnessing a state of tension and congestion with the increasing repression, as the bodies of two Palestinians, aged 17 and 23, were buried in the Jenin camp, which the Palestinian Ministry of Health said were killed by the Israeli army’s bullets during the storming of the camp, in addition to the injury of 15 Palestinians.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health also said today that it was officially informed of the death of the 30-year-old Nidal Jaafara, who was shot by the occupation, south of Bethlehem, after the occupation army said in a statement that he had stabbed an Israeli on a bus near the settlement bloc of Gush Etzion (south of Bethlehem), and then died. He was killed after one of the bus passengers shot him.

Hamas expressed its blessing for the stabbing operation in Bethlehem, considering that the response to the "heinous Zionist crime in Jenin" is to escalate the resistance and confrontations with the occupation and its settlers.

In turn, Al-Quds Brigades (the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement) declared a general alert in all its locations in light of the storming of Jenin.

The Secretary-General of the Jihad Movement, Ziyad Al-Nakhala, announced that "the full readiness has been raised" among the fighters in all the movement's military formations.

In response to these developments, the Palestinian presidency warned of the consequences of the Israeli escalation, whether in the West Bank or through settlers' incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The presidential spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said that the leadership had warned the US administration of Israel's intentions to escalate the situation with the beginning of the month of Ramadan, considering that this would not lead to calm, or create an atmosphere conducive to reducing tension.

As for the Palestinian Foreign Ministry, it said that Israel is deliberately escalating, in light of its misleading calls for calm.