Israeli forces on Saturday forced Palestinian shopkeepers to close their shops during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, Anadolu reports.
Israeli soldiers closed off the Old City area, restricting Palestinians’ access and movement to facilitate the entry of Israeli occupiers, according to local reports.
The soldiers also prevented journalists from filming and ordered them to leave the area.
Since the start of Israel’s genocide in Gaza on Oct. 8, 2023, Israeli forces and occupiers have escalated attacks in the West Bank, killing more than 1,183 Palestinians, injuring 13,000 and arresting nearly 25,000, according to Palestinian figures.
Palestinians warn that the escalation is part of Israeli efforts to impose facts on the ground, paving the way for annexation of the occupied West Bank and undermining the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders under relevant UN resolutions.
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