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Yahoo
26-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Fifty Israeli citizens illegally enter Nablus overnight, IDF says
Additionally, the IDF is currently investigating additional claims that Israeli citizens threw stones at homes in the city. Some 50 Israeli citizens illegally entered Nablus without coordination with the IDF overnight, the military stated Friday morning. The citizens were handed over to Israeli security forces by the Palestinian authorities, and have been transferred to Israel Police. The IDF is currently investigating additional claims that the Israeli citizens threw stones at homes in the city. No injuries have been reported. Israelis illegally entering Nablus to visit Joseph's Tomb In June, Palestinians and Israelis threw stones at each other after the Israelis entered Nablus without IDF coordination to visit Joseph's Tomb. Several Israelis were reportedly injured during the event. Entry of Israeli civilians into Area A is "dangerous and prohibited by law," the IDF emphasized. This is a developing story. Solve the daily Crossword
Al Mayadeen
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Mayadeen
Israeli forces raid West Bank villages amid settler violence
Israeli occupation forces and settlers launched a wide-ranging escalation across several areas of the northern occupied West Bank on Saturday, carrying out detentions, violent assaults, and road closures, particularly in and around the city of Nablus. In the village of Urif, south of Nablus, Israeli forces detained the parents of martyr Muhannad Shahada, one of the Palestinians involved in the recent 'Eli operation, as well as his brother Ihab Shahada, who was arrested from his workplace inside the territories occupied since 1948. The move is part of the occupation's policy of targeting relatives of Palestinian fighters. Elsewhere, in the village of Tell, southwest of Nablus, Israeli forces arrested a young man named Mahmoud Asida during a dawn raid. Later in the day, the village came under attack by dozens of Israeli settlers, who raided the Kafrour area under the protection of occupation soldiers. Read more: 'Israel' killed 16,800+ students in Gaza, West Bank since Oct. 2023 Palestinian youth confronted the settler assault, triggering fierce confrontations, which saw Israeli soldiers fire live ammunition at local residents, amid a state of high tension and mass mobilization in the village of Tell. Meanwhile, settlers gathered at an entrance to Nablus, demanding what they called 'permanent control' over Joseph's Tomb—a move widely condemned as a deliberate provocation and part of broader efforts to impose new settlement realities in the occupied West Bank. Read more: Israeli forces storm West Bank towns, shut down Christian sites Israeli forces continued to block the main entrance to al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, using earth mounds to obstruct Palestinian movement. The road closure has caused severe traffic congestion and disrupted daily life in the area. In a further escalation, Israeli forces also stormed the town of Aqaba, north of Tubas, and later raided the city of Tubas, expanding their military operations beyond the Nablus region. The attacks form part of a widening campaign across the northern West Bank, which has seen growing resistance and settler violence in recent weeks. Read more: Israeli settlers storm al-Buraq Wall, attack Palestinians in West Bank
