Hamas praises the operation of “Ariel” and the occupation carries out extensive arrests in the West Bank

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) praised the shooting operation, which took place near the “Ariel” settlement in the Salfit area in the north of the West Bank, and resulted in a settler, while six Palestinians were injured in confrontations with the occupation forces west of Bethlehem, amid a massive arrests campaign southwest of Jenin.

The movement said – in a statement – that the operation comes in the context of the continuous response to the Israeli aggression, especially in the northern West Bank, and an affirmation that the resistance will not calm down as long as the occupation and its crimes continue.

Hamas called for more painful operations against the occupation, according to the statement.

#trackingThe effects of bullets on the settler vehicle, which was injured in the shooting near the “Ariel” settlement on the Salfit lands. pic.twitter.com/qdy17thh3n

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A settler was wounded on Wednesday evening in a shooting near the Ariel settlement in the Salfit area, in the northern West Bank.

According to the Israeli channel 14, the army pushed reinforcements to the Ariel settlement, and its forces mobilized in search of the attacker.

Local sources told Al -Jazeera that the occupation forces closed the entrances to a number of Palestinian towns in Salfit Governorate, and deployed in search and combing operations of the shooting operation.

Urgent The occupation forces storm the eastern region of Nablus. pic.twitter.com/h8hlbkkvlo

Quds News Network (@qudsn) March 12, 2025

Other developments

In other developments, the Palestinian Red Crescent said that six Palestinians were injured in confrontations with the occupation forces in the town of Hosan, west of Bethlehem, in the West Bank.

Sources of Al -Jazeera have reported that the Israeli occupation forces continued to storm my country, Araba and Qabatiya, south of Jenin in the West Bank, amid incursions into homes, and a field investigation with dozens of Palestinians.

The occupation forces also launched a campaign of arrests and cut off electricity from several neighborhoods in the town of Araba. In the town of Qabatiya, the occupation forces continued to bulldozing a number of streets and destroying parts of the infrastructure amid a campaign of arrests.

In the Bethlehem area, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the southern West Bank.

The occupation forces fired live bullets, bombs, and poisonous tear gas, amid confrontations with the Palestinians. This is the second time in two days that the occupation forces stormed the camp.

In the city of Qalqilya, the Israeli occupation forces demolished the house of the martyr Ali Khalil’s family.

The occupation authorities accuse the martyr Ali Khalil of carrying out the “22 Street” operation in the city of Qalqilya, last year, which led to the killing of a settler.

The Israeli Army Radio said that about 30 in the West Bank of the perpetrators of operations awaiting demolition.

In Nablus, sources told Al -Jazeera that confrontations between dozens of Palestinians and the occupation forces erupted after storming the town of Barqa, west of the city.

The occupation forces also launched a massive campaign of arrests during the incursions they carried out in several cities and towns, which resulted in the arrest of dozens of Palestinians.

In Hebron, sources told Al -Jazeera that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Halhoul, north of the city, in the south of the West Bank, and clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli occupation forces erupted in Al -Aroub camp.

The Israeli occupation forces stormed the village of Beit Kaab, west of the city of Hebron, and raided a number of citizens ’homes and tampered with their contents.

Local sources told the island that the forces arrested three sisters and one of them during the raids and inspection.

It is noteworthy that the occupation forces launched a massive campaign of arrests in the city and towns of Hebron for the third consecutive day, including dozens, including elders, children, and prisoners.

Palestinian media reported that the occupation forces stormed the eastern region in Nablus.

In another development, Palestinian sources said that the Israeli occupation forces closed Al -Wadi Street leading to the Al -Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem to secure a march for settlers on the occasion of the Hebrew Maccarrow.

Harves Bank

Meanwhile, the newspaper “Israel Hume” said yesterday, Wednesday, that the Israeli army put a “target bank” to bomb it on the pretext of preventing the repetition of the scenario of the attack of October 7, 2023 in the West Bank.

The newspaper added that the Air Force and Military Teams in the West Bank participated in determining these targets to bomb them in the event of attacks on settlements in the West Bank.

She added that the target bank was prepared to target transportation and logistical support for the Palestinians when the settlements were attacked.

According to the scenario, Israeli helicopters and aircraft will attack the methods of access and support to prevent what the newspaper called the possibility of a “comprehensive invasion” by the West Bank Palestinians or towns inside the Green Line.

Yisrael Hume indicated that the Israeli army established, after the October 7th attack, a complete defensive system in settlements with the aim of addressing any Palestinian attempts from the West Bank to carry out similar operations for the Al -Aqsa Flood operation.

The Israeli Channel Seven also said that the army began implementing a plan in which every settlement of the West Bank is considered a fortress.

On January 21, the Israeli army started from Jenin as an aggression against the camps in the northern West Bank, which has so far killed about 70 Palestinians and displaced more than 40,000, as well as widespread destruction in the camps of Jenin, Tulkarm and Tobas.