The Israeli army carried out a series of attacks in the region. occupied the West Bank throughout the night and into Wednesday, when scores of Palestinians were killed and arrested, as well as houses destroyed.

On Wednesday, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian. place of traffic accident The man, the army claimed, tried to snatch a soldier’s gun.

“The accident occurred when approximately 100 Palestinians gathered at the scene of a traffic accident near the Al-Arroub camp in the southern West Bank,” Israeli media said.

Blood The publisher claimed, “A Palestinian tried to take a gun from an Israeli soldier, and the soldier shot and killed him,” adding that the incident was being investigated by the army.

In a short statement, the Palestinian Red Crescent said it was “attending to the injury of a 40-year-old citizen who was shot with live bullets in the chest and hand.”

But Palestinian Fidelity The news agency disputed Israel’s claims, citing security sources who said Israeli forces opened fire on a pedestrian after people gathered at the scene of a car accident. Other reports said the man was only trying to help people at the crash scene.

Al Ahli Hospital in the town of Hebron confirmed that a person was taken to the emergency room with a gunshot wound to the chest.

Israel’s military and extremist Israeli settlers have stepped up violent attacks on Palestinians in the annexed areas since the outbreak of war in Gaza on October 7 last year.

Since then, at least 780 Palestinians, including children, have been killed and 6,300 people have been injured.

Thousands more were arrested, the latest being the detention overnight of 12 Palestinians, including a child and some former prisoners.

According to the joint statement made by the Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners and Former Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Club, the arrests took place in the occupied provinces of Jenin, Qalqilya, Nablus and Ramallah.

In a statement made by two institutions regarding the prisoners, “(Israeli) occupation forces continue to carry out widespread harassment, accompanied by vandalism and destruction of citizens’ homes, as well as field investigations, which have recently increased noticeably.” The statement was included.

They added that more than 11,700 Palestinians from the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem have been detained since the beginning of the Gaza war.

Demolitions continue

Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes has also increased significantly since the start of the Gaza war. especially in Area CIt makes up about 60 percent of the West Bank.

The Israeli army demolished a house in the Jordan Valley and a facility in Salfit on the grounds that these structures were built “without permission in Area C”.

“Occupation forces destroyed a house belonging to citizen Salih Suleiman Qasim Faqha in the village of Kardala in the northern Jordan Valley and displaced his family,” said activist Moataz Bisharat. Anadolu Agency.

According to eyewitnesses, Israeli bulldozers in the village of Al-Zawiya, west of Salfit in the north of the West Bank, demolished a tourist facility belonging to Palestinian Muhammad Amer, on the pretext that the building was “unlicensed”. Anatolia.

Israeli forces in the south of the West Bank A house was destroyed in the town of Beit Ummaraccording to Fidelity news agency.

“The occupation forces raided the town with a large number of military vehicles and demolished the house of Iyad Abdel Hamid Awad, who was preparing to move here, on the pretext that he did not have a permit,” the news agency said.

Israeli forces frequently demolish Palestinian homes under the pretext that the properties were built without legal permission. Palestinian homes are also subject to demolition as part of Israel’s collective punishment of the families of people suspected of carrying out attacks against Israelis.