Israeli Occupation Forces Wound Two Women, One Child In West Bank As Demolitions And Arrests Escalate

Ramallah, Aug. 27 (Petra)-- Several areas across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem witnessed an intensified wave of Israeli violations on Thursday, leaving two women and a child wounded by Israeli gunfire in Hebron, while demolition orders and operations were carried out in Jerusalem and Tubas, alongside a wide-scale arrest campaign.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that Israeli forces stormed the town of Al-Karmel and deployed along its streets before raiding several Palestinian homes and turning them into military posts. The forces then opened live fire at a vehicle carrying several women, wounding two women and a child in the face and head.

Qassem Abu Aram, head of the Al-Karmel municipality and husband of one of the injured women, said his wife came under heavy gunfire from Israeli soldiers without warning, and that there had been no military checkpoint or any visible indication that the town was being raided.

He said his wife, Sanaa Abu Aram, and child Lana Al-Haroush sustained gunshot wounds to the face and were in serious condition, while Duaa Al-Haroush was wounded by shrapnel in the face.

In a separate development, Israeli forces demolished structures in Khirbet Ras Al-Ahmar, southeast of Tubas in the northeastern West Bank.

Mutaz Basharat, the official responsible for monitoring Israeli violations in the Tubas governorate, said Israeli bulldozers began demolishing residential and agricultural structures and livestock sheds, while also destroying a groundwater well and confiscating its equipment in areas classified as Area B.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces handed out nearly 30 demolition notices targeting homes, walls, agricultural structures and livestock sheds in the town of Anata, east of occupied Jerusalem.

Anata Mayor Bassam Musa said Israeli forces raided the Wadi Al-Bayk area and posted demolition notices giving residents seven days to remove the structures, citing construction without permits.

Israeli authorities issued demolition notices for 34 Palestinian structures last month, mainly in the governorates of Bethlehem, Hebron and Jenin.

Israeli forces also raided cities and towns across the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem on Thursday, carrying out widespread searches and arrests. The raids coincided with the entry of settlers into Joseph's Tomb in eastern Nablus, amid clashes and attacks targeting media and medical crews.

The Palestinian Prisoners' Club said Israeli forces arrested 18 Palestinians, alleging that they were wanted.

//Petra// MF

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