Palestine – On Monday, the Israeli army stormed the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank and besieged a residential building, while the sounds of bullets were heard, according to eyewitnesses, hours after raids and arrests in a number of areas of the West Bank.
The occupation forces raided the Ras al-Ayn and al-Qaryun neighborhoods, erected barriers in them, and arrested a number of young men, searched them and checked their identities. An additional force on foot was seen storming the al-Atout and Bab al-Sahha neighborhoods inside the Old City of the city.
Since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, and the subsequent Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, the occupation army has carried out daily raids into West Bank cities, accompanied by arrests of young Palestinians.
On Saturday, the occupation forces stormed the towns of Al-Khader and Husan, south and west of Bethlehem in the West Bank, where they launched an arrest campaign in Al-Khader and raided a number of homes. They also fired tear gas bombs and sound bombs in Husan, raided homes there, and conducted their patrols in the town amid confrontations.
The Israeli occupation forces also arrested 3 Palestinian youths in the town of Beita, south of the city of Nablus in the West Bank, and beat them during confrontations that broke out during the storming of the town by Israeli military vehicles.
The occupation raids targeted the town of Arraba, southwest of the city of Jenin in the West Bank, as well as the town of Salem, east of the city of Nablus. They placed a checkpoint in the middle of the town and arrested a number of young men and interrogated them.
Confrontations also broke out between Palestinians and the occupation forces when they stormed the town of Qaffin, north of Tulkarm, and fired gas and sound bombs before withdrawing from the town.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club reported on Saturday that the number of Palestinians arrested by the occupation in the West Bank since October 7 has reached 6,500 detainees.
On the other hand, the newspaper “Israel Today” quoted informed sources confirming that the United States asked Israel for urgent answers regarding a series of incidents in the West Bank in which the Israeli army may have violated the Leahy Law.
According to these sources, if the answers are not satisfactory to the United States, this means, according to the Leahy Law, that Israeli forces operating in the West Bank may not receive American security support.
The Leahy Act – passed by the US Congress in 1997 – prohibits the US government from providing financial support or aid to foreign forces involved in serious human rights violations.
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2024-04-15 19:50:35