Occupation soldiers during a raid in the West Bank (French-Archive)

Confrontations continued between Palestinian youth and the Israeli occupation forces in the Shuafat Camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, following the Kiryat Malachi operation carried out by a resident of the camp, while settler attacks on villages and towns were renewed throughout the West Bank.

Medical sources reported that a young Palestinian man was injured by bullets from the occupation forces, who stormed the Shuafat camp, yesterday, Saturday, for the second day in a row, following the shooting attack carried out by Sheikh Fadi Jamjoom in Kiryat Malachi, east of Ashdod, where he killed two Israelis and wounded 4 others, before his martyrdom.

The occupation army deployed its forces in several neighborhoods in the camp, which led to the outbreak of confrontations, and the Shuafat checkpoint was closed to the movement of residents.

In the same context, the occupation forces stormed, for the second time, a funeral home held in Hebron for the martyr Fadi Jamjoum, destroyed its contents, set it on fire, and evacuated the place. They also warned the Palestinians against opening the funeral home again.

Press coverage: “Occupation forces storm the town of Bil’in, west of Ramallah.” pic.twitter.com/XwJEbTuyaL

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Meanwhile, the occupation forces continued raids and arrests throughout the West Bank during the night.

Al Jazeera's correspondent said that the occupation forces stormed the Balata camp, east of the city of Nablus, and also stormed the village of Bil'in, west of Ramallah, where they raided a house and arrested a young man.

The occupation forces also stormed the villages of Al-Majd and Beit Al-Rush, west of the city of Dura, south of Hebron Governorate. They conducted patrols in the area and raided citizens’ homes. They also fired sound bombs and poison gas before withdrawing from the place.

The occupation soldiers also stormed the town of Al-Samou, south of Hebron, and raided several homes and confiscated a number of vehicles.

Al-Samu' witnesses frequent raids, and it is the town where the occupation confiscated the largest number of vehicles in the Hebron Governorate recently.

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.

Settlers set a car on fire after an attack on the town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah, in the West Bank #Video #Gaza_War pic.twitter.com/EJ5nyeVJjx

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On the other hand, settlers' attacks on Palestinians were renewed, as a group of them attacked the town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah, during the night.

The settlers attacked the property of residents in the town, burned a car, and wrote racist slogans against Arabs on the walls.

Earlier on Saturday, settlers from the Avigal settlement attacked Palestinian sheep shepherds in the village of Al-Mufaqara in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, and beat them.

Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that a child was injured as a result of being stoned. He was transferred to Yatta Governmental Hospital to receive treatment, and his brother also suffered bruises.

Settlers' attacks in all their forms have escalated, including the construction of settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank coinciding with the war on Gaza, as the occupation army provides protection for the settlers during their repeated attacks on the Palestinians.

The Israeli "Peace Now" movement estimates that more than 700,000 settlers reside in West Bank settlements, including East Jerusalem.

Source: Al Jazeera