Occupation forces storm the city of Yatta, south of Hebron, and conduct an arrest campaign in the West Bank

Highlights: Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Israeli settlers raided the homes of Palestinian civilians in the village of “Susya Yatta’s’ residents, noting that the settlers beat a number of the residents. 15 Palestinians, including a child and former prisoners, were arrested during raids into various areas of the West Bank during the past 24 hours. This brings the number of detainees to 7,770 since October 7th. Since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, the occupation army has escalated raids and arrests.

Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, shortly after these forces announced that the Karmeiyeh Tzur settlement in Gush Etzion in Hebron had come under fire.

Occupation forces during a previous arrest campaign in the West Bank (Al Jazeera)

The correspondent also reported that Israeli settlers raided the homes of Palestinian civilians in the village of “Susya Yatta,” noting that the settlers beat a number of the village’s residents, abused them, and destroyed their cars.

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For its part, Israeli Channel 14 reported that a house in the Karmei Tzur settlement, north of Hebron, was exposed to gunfire.

A video clip recorded by a surveillance camera in a Jabro neighborhood shop in the middle of Hebron in the West Bank showed that about two weeks ago, Israeli occupation soldiers assaulted a child and forced him to take off his clothes and tear them off.

In another development, Al Jazeera's correspondent said that Israeli army forces stormed the town of Beita, south of the city of Nablus in the West Bank, amid clashes erupting with the town's youth.

Arrests

The Israeli occupation forces arrested 15 Palestinians, including a child and former prisoners, during their raids into various areas of the West Bank during the past 24 hours.

A joint statement by the Prisoners' Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club stated that the arrests were concentrated in the governorates of Ramallah, Qalqilya, Jenin, Hebron, Bethlehem, and occupied Jerusalem. This brings the number of detainees to 7,770 since October 7th

Since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, the occupation army has escalated raids and arrests in the West Bank, resulting in confrontations with Palestinians that left 450 dead and about 4,750 wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

-Settlers wearing costumes inside Al-Aqsa to celebrate Purim (social networking sites)

security procedures

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces continue to deploy their personnel in the vicinity of the Old City, and at the gates of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem. It also conducts patrols and conducts selective inspections of young people.

Thousands of Palestinians performed the noon prayer in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, despite strict security measures.

For its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Endowments reported that 228 settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque this morning, under the guard of the occupation forces, coinciding with the Jewish celebration of what is known as Purim.

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies