Previous raids on the city of Tulkarm (Anatolia)

At dawn today, Friday, the fifth of the holy month of Ramadan, the Israeli occupation forces stormed several cities in the West Bank and carried out raids and arrests. Clashes also took place with Palestinian resistance fighters in the city of Tulkarm, while extremist settlers stormed the outskirts of the town of Kafr Ni’ma, west of the city of Ramallah, and attacked the residents and their property in the center. Heavy gunfire.

Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that the occupation forces stormed Tulkarm with a number of military vehicles and were stationed near the Shweika roundabout northwest of the city, while local media reported that clashes took place between Palestinian resistance fighters and the occupation forces storming the city.

The Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) said that the occupation forces arrested 4 Palestinians from the city of Tulkarm at dawn today, and raided the town of Ba’a, north of the city.

Local sources confirmed that more than 12 Israeli military vehicles stormed the city of Tulkarm and deployed in several areas. The sources stated that the occupation forces raided several commercial stores and residential buildings in the city, and wreaked havoc there.

The same sources reported that confrontations broke out between young men and the occupation forces in the city of Tulkarm and on the outskirts of the Tulkarm camp, but no injuries were reported.

Israeli occupation forces storm the city of Tulkarm in the West Bank #Video #Gaza_War pic.twitter.com/sKi55q5yix

- Al Jazeera Palestine (@AJA_Palestine) March 15, 2024

In Yatta, south of Hebron, the occupation forces stormed the city and positioned themselves in its centre. The occupation forces also arrested two Palestinians, one of whom was a freed prisoner, during their storming of the town of Arraba in Jenin.

The occupation forces carried out extensive searches of homes during their storming of the town of Burqa, northwest of Nablus.

The Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Al-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem, at dawn on Friday.

Local sources reported that 4 Israeli military vehicles stormed the town and toured several neighborhoods, without any arrests being reported.

The occupation forces also stormed the vicinity of Qalandia camp, northeast of Jerusalem.

Settlers attack the outskirts of the village of Kafr Naama, west of Ramallah in the West Bank, and set fire to a civilian vehicle #Video #Gaza_War pic.twitter.com/aHmQPLGA8o

- Al Jazeera Palestine (@AJA_Palestine) March 14, 2024

Settlers attacks

Meanwhile, at dawn today, extremist settlers stormed the outskirts of the town of Kafr Ni'ma, west of the city of Ramallah, and the settlers attacked the Palestinians and their property amid heavy gunfire.

The settlers also burned a number of vehicles and facilities in the town before withdrawing from the place.

It is noteworthy that settler attacks on Palestinians and their property have escalated in the West Bank since the seventh of last October.

In this context, the US State Department announced the imposition of sanctions on 3 Israeli settlers and two Israeli settlement sites against the backdrop of acts of violence against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank.

The ministry said in a statement that the step comes within the framework of holding accountable individuals and entities that undermine security and stability in the West Bank, as well as the two-state solution.

The sanctions included 3 settlers, namely Zvi Bar-Yosef, Moshe Sharfeit, and Neria Ben Bazi, whom Washington accuses of engaging in acts of violence and threatening Palestinian civilians and human rights defenders.

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that the United States will continue to take action against those involved in extremist violence in the West Bank.

In his reaction to the US sanctions, Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir considered that the US Treasury’s imposition of sanctions on settlers is further evidence that the administration of US President Joe Biden does not distinguish between enemy and friend, as he put it.

Ben Gvir claimed that the settlers bring security to Israel and deserve appreciation instead of sticking a knife in the back, according to him.

Source: Al Jazeera