The Palestinian government called on the international community and the International Red Cross to enter Palestinian cities besieged by the Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, to witness what is happening there and work to lift the siege.

This comes at a time when Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid held a security consultation session to assess the situation in the West Bank and discuss ways to deal with the "Lions' Den" group formed by Palestinian resistance fighters in Nablus.

The Israeli campaign of arrests of Palestinian youths continued in several areas of the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem.

Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh also called on the Israeli government to stop its "aggressive measures" against the Palestinian people, especially in light of the continuation of the strict siege on the Nablus governorate, following the killing of an Israeli soldier in a shooting attack by a Palestinian in the "Shave Shimron" settlement, west of the city, last week.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said earlier, "The silence of the international community provides a protection network for the occupying power to commit more crimes."

It added that it holds the Israeli government and its various arms "full and direct responsibility for the escalation in the conflict arena, and its results and repercussions on the opportunity to achieve peace and on international and regional efforts to achieve calm."

The occupation forces intensified their punitive measures in the Nablus governorate, by tightening restrictions on entry and exit, closing most of the entrances with earth mounds, cement blocks and military checkpoints, and only allowing passage at some checkpoints after subjecting Palestinian citizens to thorough inspection.

An Israeli security official had revealed to the occupation radio that the security cordon imposed on Nablus for the fifth consecutive day will continue until further notice.


Security Consultations

On the other hand, Israeli media revealed that the security consultations session held by Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Sunday was aimed at assessing the security situation, and discussed ways to deal with the "Lion's Den" group in Nablus.

Media reports stated that the decision of the occupation authorities to withdraw work and entry permits to Israel from more than 160 Palestinians from Nablus is a message to the group's resistance fighters, that they are known to the occupation and are being pursued and their relatives are being pursued.

arrests

In another context, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that the occupation forces arrested at least 11 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank, including Jerusalem.

The club stated that the occupation forces took the detainees to investigation centers on charges of resisting the occupation, after they raided and searched their homes.

Israel also arrested a Palestinian young man from Al-Dahiya area, east of Nablus, after storming the area and besieging a house for this purpose and withdrawing later, after clashes broke out that did not result in injuries, according to eyewitnesses.

Israeli sources claimed that the arrested young man was one of the cadres of "The Lions' Den", but the group denied this in a brief statement, confirming that there is no name of the detainee among its members.

The "Assad's Den" added that all the maneuvers of the occupation army were "exposed" to it.