Balata Refugee Camp (West Bank). Palestinian children and families are terrified by nightly raids by Israeli soldiers. In one such operation, the Israeli army raided the house of Yusuf Mesheh at 3 am while he was sleeping on the cot. The 15-year-old Palestinian boy said that within no time he was lying on the floor as soldiers punched him to the ground and shouted insulting remarks.
An Israeli soldier struck his mother in the chest with the butt of his rifle and locked her in the room, where she screamed for her sons’ safety. Youssef and his 16-year-old brother Wael were driven out of their home in the Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank. At that time Yusuf was not even wearing his spectacles due to which he was not in a position to see properly.
About the incident, Yousuf told The Associated Press, “I can’t forget that night. I still hear gunshots and screams when I go to sleep.” According to a forthcoming report by the Israeli human rights organization Hamokid, the Israeli military arrested and interrogated hundreds of Palestinian teenagers in the West Bank in 2022, never issuing summons or informing the children’s families. Palestinians recount many such incidents and remain fearful of an impending threat.
Israeli army shoots three Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli forces shot and killed three Palestinians on Thursday during raids in the West Bank. Palestinian health officials gave this information. The incident was the latest bloodshed in a spate of escalating violence between Israel and Palestine in recent months. The Israeli army has been conducting night raids in the area since the beginning of last year. Israel says the raids are aimed at dismantling terrorist networks and preventing future attacks. He said soldiers who entered the Kalandia refugee camp were pelted with stones. The army said in retaliation, soldiers opened fire on Palestinians who were throwing stones from rooftops. The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the deceased as 41-year-old Samir Aslan. The Israeli army also raided the northern West Bank on Thursday. The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces shot 25-year-old Habib Kamil and 18-year-old Abdel Hadi Nazar. The army said security forces had entered Qabatiya to arrest Mohammed Alouna, a Palestinian suspected of planning a terrorist attack. With Thursday’s casualties, the number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank this year has risen to nine.
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