Two martyrs in the West Bank, one of whom is a prisoner, and the occupation continues its raids and tightens its measures around Nablus

The occupation has tightened its military measures around Nablus and its towns (Reuters - archive)

The Israeli occupation forces continued their raids on towns and cities in the occupied West Bank at dawn on Friday, as they stormed the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, the town of Hajjah, east of Qalqilya, the town of Beit Fajjar in Bethlehem, and the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus.

Al Jazeera's correspondent in Palestine reported that the occupation forces tightened their military measures around the city of Nablus, after a Palestinian was killed by Israeli army gunfire at the Deir Sharaf checkpoint west of the city yesterday, Thursday. Meanwhile, the family of the prisoner Muhammad Ahmad Al-Sabbar from the city of Al-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron, said that the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club informed them of the martyrdom of their son Muhammad (20 years old), who had been detained for two years.

The occupation forces shot a Palestinian young man under the pretext of carrying out a shooting attack on Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Deir Sharaf, then prevented the ambulance from crossing to rescue the young man. The occupation forces withdrew from the town of Deir Sharaf after storming them, raiding shops there, and confiscating surveillance cameras from the shops.

Israeli Army Radio reported that about 25 settlers threw stones at Palestinian cars near the village of Deir Sharaf, west of Nablus.

Press coverage: Occupation forces obstruct the work of medical and journalistic teams at the place where a young man was taken after he carried out a shooting attack on the Deir Sharaf roundabout, northwest of Nablus. pic.twitter.com/C0jobemPaX

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The family of the prisoner, Muhammad Ahmad Al-Sabbar, from the city of Al-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron, said that the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club informed them of the martyrdom of their son Muhammad, who had been detained for two years.

The occupation had referred the prisoner, Muhammad al-Sabbar, to administrative detention after the Al-Aqsa Flood operation on October 7, and the prisoner’s family said that he was suffering from health problems before the arrest. The family of the martyred prisoner also held the occupation responsible.

Since the start of its devastating war on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army has intensified its operations in the West Bank, killing about 390 Palestinians and wounding about 4,400, according to official Palestinian sources, and arresting more than 6,500 others.

Source: Al Jazeera