Palestinian reports say that Israel continues its raids in the West Bank and arrests 25 people

The Israeli army continued what it called A A new anti-terrorism operation Palestinian media reported that occupation forces arrested at least 25 people in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday, during the last day.

The total death toll since the start of the raid rose to 10, up from eight on Tuesday, and four more people were wounded in Jenin, according to the official Palestinian Authority news agency WAFA, citing Palestinian officials.

The Israeli attack, on its second day, did not focus only on Jenin.

On Wednesday, the army made arrests in Jenin, Ramallah, Hebron, Tulkarm, and Bethlehem, the officials said. Enhanced security measures at Israeli checkpoints throughout the region have slowed or stopped traffic; In one case a The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that a 45-year-old woman died at a checkpoint outside the city of Hebron while waiting to be allowed to go to the hospital.

The mayor of Jenin, Muhammad Jarrar, Lofa, said that the occupation forces detained up to 600 citizens at night in Jenin Governmental Hospital, but allowed them to leave on Wednesday morning. The news agency described the Israeli bulldozers blocking the hospital doors with dirt from the surrounding streets.

Mr. Jarrar also said that people were forced to leave their homes, a claim denied by Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani, the IDF spokesman. “There is no evacuation order in Jenin,” he said.

Speaking to reporters about the operation, Colonel Shoshani said that the people in the hospital were temporarily detained to ensure that they were not harmed by the explosives that the army was detonating nearby.

Since a temporary ceasefire in Gaza took effect over the weekend, Israel has turned its attention to the West Bank, where tensions have risen as militants grow stronger and Israeli settler violence against Palestinian civilians escalates.

Colonel Shoshani said that the operation in the West Bank was similar in scope to an operation carried out by the army Implemented in August. The ten-day raid in Jenin killed 21 people, according to Palestinian media and residents. This was one of the most extensive and deadly raids in the West Bank in years.

The colonel said the operation is the latest Israeli effort to curb militant attacks, many of which use improvised explosives planted under civilian streets and Israeli military vehicles.

“Our strategy is to fight these terrorists while enabling the civilian population to continue their lives,” Colonel Shoshani said.

Within a series of social networking sites Supports On Wednesday, Roland Friedrich, director of the UN agency in the West Bank that helps the Palestinians, said the Israeli operation “is expected to last days” and is using advanced weapons in Jenin, including air strikes.