Occupation forces storm several towns in the West Bank

One of the previous operations of the occupation army storming areas in Hebron in the West Bank (Reuters)

Al Jazeera's correspondent said that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the Tabqa and Sinjar areas in the city of Dura, south of Hebron in the West Bank, and launched raids and arrests among citizens.

In turn, Palestinian media reported that the occupation forces stormed the towns of Qaffin in Tulkarm, Al-Samu’ south of Hebron, Urif south of Nablus, and Azzun east of Qalqilya, and launched raids and arrests among citizens.

Earlier - Thursday - a young Palestinian man died from wounds sustained by Israeli occupation bullets in Nablus in the occupied West Bank, while the Israeli occupation forces arrested 40 Palestinians, including former prisoners and 4 women.

The martyr was injured two days ago when the occupation forces opened fire on Palestinians during their storming of the village of Burin, south of Nablus.

Also in Nablus, Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that since this morning, settlers have continued to close the “Sarra” checkpoint, southwest of the city, and the Israeli army had reopened the checkpoint to the Palestinians, after closing it on the seventh of last October.

The reporter added that the settlers are staging a sit-in in front of the checkpoint to prevent Palestinian vehicles from passing.

In a related context, the occupation forces arrested 40 Palestinians in Tubas, Tulkarm, Bethlehem, and Hebron.

Among the detainees are former prisoners and 4 women, one of whom is former prisoner journalist Bushra al-Taweel.

Thus, the number of detainees in the West Bank rose to 7,490, since the start of the war on Gaza.

For its part, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club announced that the occupation has arrested, since October 7, about 240 women from the occupied West Bank and the 1948 territories.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, corresponding to March 8, the club said in a statement, “This year is the bloodiest year on the part of Israel against Palestinian women.”

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies