Azzun:Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya, at midnight, while continuing raids in the city of Qalqilya that began the previous day. The operations involved home raids, arrests, assaults, and the firing of sound bombs, tear gas, and live ammunition.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency €œ WAFA, approximately 15 military vehicles, accompanied by more than 30 soldiers, entered Azzun through its main northern entrance. They raided homes in various neighborhoods, including the Eastern Neighborhood, Al-Mansour Neighborhood, Khallat al-Darba, and the Cemetery Neighborhood, as well as the Shamiya Neighborhood, Khallat al-Tina, and Al-Ghanawi Neighborhood.
The occupation forces reportedly severely beat a resident, Ma'an Radwan, inside his home after raiding it and converted the home of Ayman al-Mansour, located in the Al-Mansour Neighborhood, into a military barracks, holding several detainees there. Several citizens were arrested during the raid, including Karim Azzam Khalif; Muhammad Radwan and his son Walid; Osama Adnan Shabita; Muhammad Tabib; Muhammad al-Qatish; Muhammad Ashraf Salim; Mahmoud al-Ghanawi; Ashraf Ma'mun; Muhammad Tahir Salim; Mustafa Hassan Salama; Ismail al-Bam; and Bara'a Shaher Hussein.
Forces also raided and searched the homes of Bassam Shallu, Bilal Hanoun, Hassan Salama, and Muhammad Shabita, ransacking their contents, while firing sound bombs and tear gas toward citizens' homes within the town. In Qalqilya, occupation forces have continued their incursion since the previous evening. At midnight, they deployed military reinforcements to several areas and neighborhoods, spreading into the Nazzal and Kafr Saba neighborhoods, the Al-Wad Street area, and the Al-Tabbal neighborhood, which has been under siege since the previous evening.
Occupation forces raided several homes, including the residence of the family of prisoner Majed Nazzal in the Nazzal neighborhood. They entered the city via its southern entrance, deployed along Al-Wad Street near the Al-Tabbal neighborhood, raided a commercial shop and a tract of agricultural land, detaining a number of young men and subjecting them to field interrogations.
A military cordon was imposed around the area, with the forces firing sound grenades, tear gas, and live ammunition, resulting in citizens being shot, including a 14-year-old boy. Due to these ongoing incursions, the Directorate of Education announced that classes at private schools and kindergartens in Qalqilya and Azzun would begin at 9:00 a.m.