Raids and arrests in the West Bank and a general strike in mourning for Haniyeh | News

The Israeli occupation forces stormed various areas in the West Bank and arrested a number of Palestinians, including freed prisoners, while the general strike continues in mourning for Israel's assassination of the head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Ismail Haniyeh.

Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that the occupation forces stormed various areas in the city of Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank.

Our correspondent added that the occupation forces sent military reinforcements to all entrances and roads leading to the city, set up checkpoints, raided the homes of released prisoners and others under arrest, and sent them warning and threatening messages.

The Israeli occupation forces also arrested 11 Palestinians during their raids on villages and cities in Nablus and Ramallah in the West Bank. The occupation forces raided the village of Kobar, north of Ramallah, and arrested 3 Palestinians.

It also raided the village of Urif, south of Nablus, and arrested a young man. It also raided homes in the western area of ​​Nablus and arrested 5 Palestinians.

In the village of Kafr Naama, west of the city of Ramallah, the occupation forces arrested a child and his father.

Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that settlers burned Palestinian vehicles in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, and Bani Naim, east of Hebron.

General strike

All West Bank cities and camps are witnessing a general strike, mourning the assassination by Israel of the head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran.

The national and Islamic forces called for a strike and angry marches to the areas of contact with the occupation forces in the West Bank. They also stressed that this crime comes within the framework of “the terrorism of the Zionist state, and the war of extermination and killing that Israel continues to commit, in light of the inability of the international community to stop it and hold it accountable for its crimes.”

The forces stressed that the assassination crime will not break the will of the Palestinian people, but will increase their determination and resolve to move forward in their struggle and resistance, in order to achieve freedom and independence.

Mosques in the West Bank and Palestinian diaspora camps mourned, via loudspeakers, the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh.

Hamas announced the assassination of its political bureau chief, Ismail Haniyeh, at his residence in the Iranian capital, Tehran, early Wednesday morning, where he was visiting to participate in the inauguration ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.