Occupying forces raid Palestinian cities and towns, demolish martyrs' memorials

Ramallah, Oct 7 (KUNA) -- Israeli occupation forces expanded their raid operations today, Wednesday, to include several Palestinian villages, towns, and cities, targeting the demolition of martyrs’ monuments in the cities of Nablus and Jenin, and imposing a comprehensive closure on the West Bank. Local sources told the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that Israeli occupation forces entered Nablus with a number of vehicles and bulldozers, stationed themselves in several neighborhoods, deployed military reinforcements to the city center, raided homes, and arrested two Palestinians. The sources added that Israeli occupation forces demolished the memorial monument to martyr Hamza Maqbool in the Khallet al-Amoud area, as well as another monument in the city center, removing portraits of martyrs displayed in the city’s streets and squares. In the nearby town of Ya’bad, close to Jenin, Israeli occupation forces demolished the memorial monument to martyr Yasser Hamdouni, two days after destroying the memorial monument to the martyrs of Birzeit University following a raid on the university campus with military vehicles. In a related development, the Jerusalem Governorate reported that Israeli occupation forces launched a wide-ranging raid campaign since dawn, targeting villages and towns northwest of occupied Jerusalem, coinciding with raids on the area surrounding the home of prisoner Qadri Samara in the town of Baqa al-Sharqiya, forcing residents to evacuate the area, and demolishing the basement of the house. The governorate stated in a press release that Israeli occupation forces raided several homes in the village of Beit Dagu, initiating a campaign of arrests and field investigations while imposing a cordon on the village, preventing residents from leaving or heading to work, noting that arrests and raids also targeted other villages and towns. At dawn, settlers attacked the village of al-Mughayir, northeast of Ramallah, assaulting homes and setting fire to a vehicle belonging to a foreign journalist covering the repeated attacks on Palestinians in the village. They also attacked Palestinian farmers in the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus, firing live ammunition at them. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its teams treated four injuries: an elderly man in his eighties, a 72-year-old woman, and two others, following attacks by settlers in the town of Ramin, east of Tulkarm. This comes as occupation authorities imposed a comprehensive closure on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip crossings, marking the third anniversary of the October 7 operation carried out by Hamas, which targeted settlements established on Gaza Strip land, prompting an ongoing genocidal war by Israel. (End) N.Q./F.D.S.