After a series of deadly anti-Israeli attacks in recent weeks, the Israeli army launched new operations on Monday across the occupied West Bank, Palestinian territory where security incidents are increasing.
Operation in the village of Kafr Qalil
While Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that the Israeli army was “on the offensive”, security forces have concentrated their activities in recent days in the northern West Bank near the city of Jenin, where two Palestinians who recently carried out attacks in Israel were from.
On Monday, the army carried out an operation in the village of Kafr Qalil (north) during which clashes broke out with “rioters”, she said in a statement. They “burned tires and threw stones at the soldiers. Shots were heard,” she said, adding that no soldier was injured.
24 people injured
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, 24 people were injured on Monday in the northern West Bank, including one with live ammunition. Other Israeli operations were carried out in Burqa, al-Aroub and Hebron, further south in the West Bank, Palestinian territory occupied since 1967 by the Israeli army.
In all, 13 people were arrested Monday and 30 in a week in the West Bank, according to the army, which said that 16 attacks had been thwarted in recent days. Israel has been hit since March 22 by four attacks, the first two perpetrated by Israeli Arabs linked to the jihadist organization Islamic State (IS) and the last two by Palestinians from the Jenin sector. These attacks resulted in a total of 14 deaths.