Israel Launches Violent Attacks In West Bank; Kills Three Palestinians After Ceasefire: Report (Image @@mgarshad142)

Jerusalem, Palestine: While aid truck enter Gaza as part of newly reached ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, Tel Aviv is unleashing attacks on occupied West Bank. The Israeli Occupation Force arrested dozens of Palestinians near Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank, hours after releasing 90 Palestinians in an exchange deal. The Israeli settlers are launching violent attacks on villages in the West Bank, with full support from the IOF, killing a 15-yer-old boy, said media report. Israel also shot and killed three Palestinians, including a small child, in Rafah in southern Gaza, despite the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as per media report.

The settlers set fire to Palestinian homes after launching violent attacks on the villages of Funduq and Jinsafut, in the occupied West Bank. According to Palestinian Red Crescent, 21 Palestinians were injured during Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank, including by tear gas and “severe beatings”.

The Palestinian Civil Defence said 137 bodies have been found in Rafah since the start of the ceasefire.

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Attacks on West Bank is increasing alarmingly. Israeli soldiers have set up military checkpoints and closed roads, preventing Palestinians from entering or leaving cities, towns and villages across the occupied West Bank, as reported by Palestinian media.

As per the report, IOF has closed all the entrances to Hebron, closed all entrances to Qalqilya, closed all entrances to the city of Salfit as well as several towns and villages in the Salfit governorate, and are closing all entrances to Bethlehem.

The IOF also fired live bullets and tear gas at Palestinians who attempted to approach at least some of the military checkpoints, reported Wafa News Agency.

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The news agency also reported that a group of settlers, protected by Israeli security forces, gathered near the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, and placed nails on the road to puncture vehicles entering and leaving the Palestinian community.

Israeli rights groups said that the settler attacks in Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank are acting in “full cooperation with the Israeli army”. In a X post, B’Tselem, an Israeli rights group said that while the ceasefire progressed, the settlers’ motives were clear: “to impose a ‘price tag’ for the release of Palestinians from Israeli prisons”.

Last night, settlers, backed, escorted, and with full cooperation with the Israeli army, attacked Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

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