Occupation soldiers during a previous raid in the southern West Bank (French)
The Israeli occupation forces carried out night raids throughout the West Bank, including Tubas, Qalqilya, and Bethlehem, where they raided several homes, and Palestinian resistance forces confronted them over a period of several hours since Wednesday night.
Large forces, supported by about 40 military vehicles, stormed the southern axis of the city of Tubas, in the northern West Bank, and carried out a raid on homes amid violent clashes with the resistance fighters.
The Al-Qassam Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) - announced in Tubas that it had targeted the occupation vehicles penetrating into the city “with appropriate devices and weapons.”
◾ The occupation withdraws a military vehicle after it was damaged by an explosive device in the city of Tubas.. pic.twitter.com/hanZZnaI1H
- Palestinian Information Center (@PalinfoAr) February 1, 2024
Local Palestinian platforms published a video clip documenting the moment the occupation forces were targeted with an explosive device as they stormed Tubas, and another clip showing smoke rising as a result of the targeting. They also published pictures of towing vehicles that were damaged following the confrontations.
The occupation forces deployed snipers on the roofs of a number of buildings and launched a reconnaissance plane in the sky of the city, according to what Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported.
Press coverage: Continuing clashes with the occupation during the major storming of the city of Tubas. pic.twitter.com/c3p2KKcr3M
- Quds News Network (@qudsn) February 1, 2024
The Palestinian Red Crescent announced that two Palestinians were wounded by bullets from the occupation forces in the city of Tubas, one of whom was injured in the foot, and the other in the lower back.
The raids and arrests continue in the cities and camps of the West Bank as part of a broad Israeli escalation since the resistance launched the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood on the seventh of last October.
The total number of arrests in the West Bank since that date has reached more than 6,420 detainees, according to the latest data published by the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club yesterday, Wednesday.
Source: Al Jazeera + Palestinian press