A previous incursion into the West Bank (Al Jazeera)

Tonight, Israeli occupation forces stormed the village of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, and the village of Madama, south of Nablus in the West Bank, and closed the border crossing with Jordan, searching for the perpetrator of the shooting attack near the village of Al-Auja in the Palestinian Jordan Valley region.

The Al Jazeera correspondent said that Israeli army forces also stormed the Shuafat camp, east of occupied Jerusalem, and marched their foot forces through its streets. The reasons for storming the camp were not clear.

While the Al Jazeera reporter and photographer were trying to take cover and continue covering, a 50-year-old man was shot live by a soldier sniper on the air.

This comes at a time when the occupation forces withdrew from Qalandia camp, north of Jerusalem, and the Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed that a number of Palestinians were injured with various injuries after the occupation forces fired live bullets and gas bombs at dozens of Palestinians.

Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that reinforced vehicles stormed Qalandiya camp in the early hours of Thursday morning and opened fire on anyone who moved, while the occupation forces targeted press crews at the main entrance to the camp, including the Al Jazeera crew.

In Nablus, Palestinians mourned the body of the martyr Walid Al-Osta, who died as a result of his wounds on Wednesday evening by the bombing of an Israeli drone that targeted a group of young men in the Jenin camp.

Mourners roamed the streets of the city of Nablus, chanting slogans denouncing the Israeli crimes and ongoing assassinations against the Palestinians. Two young men were martyred in the Israeli bombing and 4 were injured, including police officers.

A previous operation in the Jordan Valley area (communication sites)

Operation Al-Aghwar

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces continue combing operations searching for the perpetrator of the shooting attack near the village of Al-Auja in the Palestinian Jordan Valley area.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces imposed a security cordon on the city of Jericho and its surroundings, and closed the Karama crossing between the West Bank and Jordan.

The Israeli occupation army spokesman confirmed that the commander of the army's central region arrived at the site of the armed attack.

Three settlers were injured when a passenger bus carrying settlers was exposed to gunfire near the village of Al-Auja.

Israeli media indicated that the perpetrator of the attack worked as an officer in one of the Palestinian security services, and was a resident of the Jenin area in the northern West Bank.

At dawn on Thursday, a group of settlers attacked Palestinians in “Matlat Theeb” in the “Al-Jiftlik” area in the central Jordan Valley, east of the West Bank.

One of the affected people reported to Al Jazeera that settlers wearing military uniforms and carrying a bulldozer attacked a family of 10 people, expelled them, and demolished their place of residence. They also destroyed sheep pens, adding that the occupation forces did not intervene to stop the settlers’ attacks.

For its part, local Palestinian sources reported that about 200 settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the occupation forces.

Activists shared video clips on the platforms showing some of the raids that were under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces.

Settler violence

Commenting on settler violence, Belgian Foreign Minister Hojjah Lahbib said that colonization and the increasing violence committed by settlers in the West Bank is illegal and must stop immediately.

She added to Habib that measures had been taken and sanctions had been approved at the European Union level against Israeli settlers.

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies