Lebanon: Hezbollah targets two Israeli sites on the border

A Palestinian was killed by Israeli army gunfire, today (Tuesday), during a military campaign carried out in the city of Ramallah in the center of the West Bank, when it blew up two residential apartments belonged to Palestinians who he accuses of attacking an Israeli vehicle, according to what was reported by Agence France-Presse.

Palestinian medical sources at the Ramallah Medical Center told the group that “the young man Moataz Sarsour (18 years old) was killed as a result of being fatally shot in the chest” at dawn on Tuesday.

In response to the group’s inquiries, the Israeli army said it was confirming the reports received.

Palestinian security sources said, “Large Israeli forces attacked the city of Ramallah after midnight, and blew up two apartments for Palestinian detainees who are accused of attacking an Israeli vehicle north of Ramallah at the beginning of the this year.”

The sources said that “a clash took place between the young men and the Israeli army, which resulted in the injury of the young man,” before his death was later announced.

The two residential apartments belong to the two doctors detained by Israel. Ayser Barghouti and Khaled Al-Kharouf, who are accused of opening fire on an Israeli vehicle on a road north of Ramallah in January, killing a man and a woman, again posed as Palestinians with cards recognition of Israel.

Ahmed Al-Barghouti, the brother of one of the two doctors, told the group: “Suddenly, they stormed the area and attacked him and he asked us to evacuate the house.”

Regarding the neighbor, Jihad Obaid, he said: “They left and terror struck the residents of the building and no one stayed in his house. All the houses were destroyed from the inside and outside, because you saw the great destruction that happened.”

At the end of July, the Israeli army demolished the house of the young man, Mureed Dahadha, from the village of Atara, north of Ramallah, who was accused of taking part in the attack.

About 620 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank since Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, according to a count prepared by the group, based on official Palestinian figures. At least 18 Israelis, including soldiers, were killed in Palestinian attacks in the West Bank during the same period, according to official Israeli figures.

Israeli forces also arrested at least 20 Palestinians from the West Bank, including a child and former detainees, from yesterday evening until Tuesday morning.

The Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority and the Prisoners’ Club said in a press statement today, reported by the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA), that the detention operations…
“It was spread throughout most of the West Bank governments, and was accompanied by attacks against detainees and their families, as well as widespread sabotage and destruction of homes.”
Citizens.

The statement pointed out that “Israeli occupation forces have arrested more than 10,000 citizens from the West Bank, including Jerusalem, since the start of the ongoing war of genocide and the widespread attack against our people. “