Four Palestinians injured during Zionist forces’ raid in West Bank

Zionist forces have reportedly shot and wounded four Palestinians, and arrested a dozen more during separate raids across the occupied West Bank as well as al-Quds as International Quds Day rallies in condemnation of the Tel Aviv regime’s occupation of Palestinian lands are drawing close.

According to Press TV, local sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Israeli troopers stormed Duhayshah refugee camp south of the central West Bank city of Bethlehem, early on Wednesday, violently breaking into several houses before arresting former prisoners Muataz Sharayaa and Yunis al-Zaghari.

Violent clashes broke out in the aftermath of the raid, with Israeli regime forces firing live bullets to disperse the protests. Four people sustained gunshot wounds, and had to be transferred to a nearby hospital to receive medical treatment.

In the nearby village of Husan southwest of Bethlehem, Israeli forces detained Muhammad Nabil al-Shaer after raiding and searching his family’s house.

Israeli military forces also raided Misliya village south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades before detaining 18-year-old Qasim Muhammad Abu al-Naim.

Elsewhere in the occupied al-Quds neighborhood of Isawiyah, Israeli forces raided several houses and detained four Palestinians identified as Muhammad Samer Mahmoud, Muhammad Ala'a Mahmoud, Abd al-Fattah Abu Siyama, and Shakir Mustafa.

The other Palestinians were arrested in the city of Qalqilyah and Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem al-Quds.

The occupied Palestinian territories have witnessed new tensions ever since Israeli forces introduced restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in al-Quds in August 2015.

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