Occupied Jerusalem, Sept. 17 (Petra) – Four Palestinians were wounded
by live ammunition and another suffered from tear gas inhalation
during Israeli occupation forces’ raids in Qalqilya town on Thursday.

This aggression came amid widespread incursions and arrests across
the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian sources.

In its statement, Palestine Red Crescent Society said Israeli forces
raided several Palestinian cities, towns, refugee camps, and
villages, searched homes, and converted some into military posts. The
raids also involved arrests, field interrogations, and assaults on
Palestinians.

The Palestinian Prisoners Society, in another statement, said Israeli
forces arrested 25 Palestinians across the West Bank, most of them in
Qalqilya, on allegations that they were wanted.

Separately, Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished 5 residential
structures and a sheep pen in the Wa’r al-Beik area of Anata,
northeast of occupied Jerusalem. The structures belonged to five
brothers and were demolished weeks after Israeli authorities issued
demolition notices on the grounds that they had been built without
permits.

Meanwhile, Jerusalem Governorate said Israeli forces assaulted
residents during the demolitions and prevented families from removing
their belongings beforehand.

It added that bulldozers destroyed electrical appliances, furniture,
clothing, and personal belongings inside the structures, causing the
families to lose a substantial portion of their property.

Around 30 people had been living in the demolished structures and
were left without their homes, while the operation also destroyed the
sheep pen.

//Petra// AO