Israeli forces demolish shops in raids near occupied East Jerusalem

Commercial premises among buildings facing demolition arsenic subject incursions intensify adjacent Qalandiya and Kafr Aqab.

Israeli forces person begun demolishing shops successful the vicinity of the Qalandiya exile camp, northbound of occupied East Jerusalem, arsenic portion of a wider subject incursion crossed respective Palestinian neighbourhoods, witnesses and aesculapian officials say.

The raids, which began aboriginal connected Tuesday, person extended into the adjacent municipality of Kafr Aqab, wherever Israeli troops deployed successful ample numbers, carried retired location searches and forcibly evicted residents from their homes, according to section media reports.

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The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its aesculapian teams treated astatine slightest 3 radical injured during the raids successful Qalandiya and Kafr Aqab. The injuries included a slug coiled to the thigh, wounds caused by shrapnel from unrecorded ammunition, and injuries resulting from carnal assault.

The Jerusalem governorate reported that astatine slightest 3 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces’ gunfire, successful summation to dozens of cases of suffocation caused by the firing of teardrop state and stun grenades, the Palestinian Wafa quality bureau reported.

Several Palestinians were detained during the large-scale incursion that was besides accompanied by the deployment of subject vehicles and bulldozers.

Among those arrested are Anan Mohammed Taha and his father, Mohammed Taha, residents of the Qalandiya exile camp, Wafa said.

‘Intimidation’ and ‘anxiety’

Residents said Israeli forces ordered respective families to evacuate their homes, with astatine slightest 3 houses converted into impermanent subject outposts successful Kafr Aqab. Homeowners were reportedly told the cognition would proceed until astatine slightest Wednesday morning.

Israeli forces besides stormed the younker nine wrong the Qalandiya exile campy and turned the installation into a subject base, according to Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent.

Journalists covering the cognition were besides targeted, including Al Jazeera Arabic reporters, with Israeli forces firing stun grenades and teardrop state canisters successful their absorption during the raid successful Kafr Aqab.

According to the Jerusalem governorate authorities, stun grenades were besides fired straight towards students successful the country arsenic they were returning location from school, portion backstage surveillance cameras were seized.

Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim, reporting from Kafr Aqab, said Israeli forces are continuing to “intimidate” Palestinians.

“They person raided Palestinian stores, Palestinian shops, and they’ve destroyed immoderate of the plaques, immoderate of the advertisement billboards that were here”, successful an effort to further cripple the Palestinian economy, Ibrahim said.

“This is portion of the anxiousness that Palestinians unrecorded done time successful and time retired arsenic these Israeli raids proceed connected a regular basis,” she added.

Israeli incursions crossed the West Bank mean “60 raids per day”, Ibrahim said.

In summation to the demolitions, Israeli forces confiscated goods from commercialized shops successful the Qalandiya exile camp, Kafr Aqab and parts of bluish Jerusalem, citing alleged unpaid municipal taxes.

Most Palestinians surviving successful these areas clasp Jerusalem residency recognition cards. Residents accidental they are taxable to precocious municipal taxes portion receiving fewer basal services.

Separately, confrontations were besides reported successful the municipality of Beit Furik, eastbound of Nablus successful the occupied West Bank, aft Israeli forces stormed the area.