The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed commercial stores in Araqah village west of Jenin amid clashes with local youths.
According to local sources the IOF interrogated storeowners and watched security camera recordings during the campaign.
Meanwhile the IOF clashed with local youths and showered them with tear gas canisters.
Several young men suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes.
In Tulkarem the IOF behind the separation wall in the west of Far’un town chased a number of West Bank workmen as they were trying to reach workplaces in the 1948 occupied lands (Israel).
Local sources said that the IOF prevented many workmen from crossing into Israel and detained dozens of them.
According to Israeli human rights group B’Tselem tens of thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank enter Israel every day for work but about a third has no choice but to risk entering without permits.
“They are caught between a rock and hard place: On one hand Israel issues permits sparingly based on arbitrarily chosen stringent criteria. On the other hand it prevents the development of an independent Palestinian economy by restricting imports exports industrial development and movement and by taking over land reserves and other Palestinian resources. This leaves Palestinians with no possibility to make a substantial living within the West Bank” B’Tselem said.
