The Israeli army carried out a series of attacks in occupied the West Bank overnight and on Wednesday, when several Palestinians were killed and arrested, as well as houses demolished.

On Wednesday, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian at the scene of a road accident who the military claimed tried to wrest a soldier’s gun.

“The accident occurred during a gathering of about 100 Palestinians at the scene of a road accident near the Al-Aroub camp in the southern West Bank,” Israeli media said.

The Kan The broadcaster claimed: “A Palestinian tried to wrest a weapon from an Israeli soldier, who then shot and killed him,” adding that the incident was being investigated by the army.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a brief statement that it “took care of the wounding of a 40-year-old citizen who was shot with live bullets in the chest and hand.”

But the Palestinian Wafa The news agency disputed the Israeli claims, saying Israeli forces opened fire on a pedestrian after people gathered around the scene of a car crash, citing security sources. Other reports said the man was just trying to help people at the scene of the accident.

Al-Ahli Hospital in the city of Hebron confirmed that a man was taken to the emergency unit with a gunshot wound to the chest.

The Israeli army and extremist Israeli settlers have stepped up violent attacks on Palestinians in the annexed territories since the Gaza war broke out on October 7 last year.

At least 780 Palestinians, including minors, have been killed and another 6,300 injured since then.

Thousands more have been arrested, the most recent being overnight, when 12 Palestinians, including a child and several former prisoners, were detained.

The arrests took place in Jenin, Qalqilya, Nablus and Ramallah governorates in the occupied territory, according to a joint statement by the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club.

“The (Israeli) occupation forces continue to carry out large-scale harassment, accompanied by vandalism and destruction of citizens’ homes, in addition to investigations on the ground…which have escalated remarkably recently,” said a statement from the two bodies of prisoners’ affairs.

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

The demolitions continue

Israel’s destruction of Palestinian homes has increased significantly since the start of the Gaza war, especially in area Cwhich constitutes 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 permits in Area C”.

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

In the village of Al-Zawiya, west of Salfit in the northern West Bank, Israeli bulldozers also demolished a tourist establishment belonging to Palestinian Muhammad Amer, under the pretext that his building was “unlicensed”, eyewitnesses said. Anatolia.

In the southern West Bank, Israeli forces demolished a house in the town of Beit Ummarconformable Wafa news agency.

“The occupation forces stormed the city with a number of military vehicles and demolished the house of Iyad Abdel Hamid Awad, who was preparing to move into it… under 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 authorization. Palestinian homes are also subject to destruction as part of Israel’s collective punishment against the families of people suspected of attacks against Israelis.