Israeli troops raid Nablus hospital to arrest Palestinians after deadly shootout
Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
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- Israeli forces raided a specialized hospital in Nablus, West Bank, to arrest Palestinians linked to a deadly shootout.
- Videos show soldiers detaining patients and staff, confiscating security footage, and damaging hospital property.
- The raid occurred after a clash that killed four Palestinians and two Israelis, with conflicting accounts of the initial incident.
Israeli soldiers stormed the Specialized Hospital in Nablus on Friday, forcibly detaining Palestinians involved in a deadly shootout earlier that day. Videos circulating showed Israeli forces pushing patients and relatives to the ground, arresting several individuals, and confiscating security camera footage.
The Israeli military stated its forces were conducting an "anti-terrorist operation" to arrest those responsible for an attack that killed two Israelis and four Palestinians. However, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that Israeli soldiers assaulted hospital staff, handcuffed doctors and nurses, and arrested two brothers, one of whom was a wounded patient.
The forces of the Judea and Samaria Division (occupied West Bank) are preparing to launch a major anti-terrorist operation and are working to arrest all terrorists involved in the attack.
Hospital officials described the raid as a violation, with the vice president of the hospital's board telling WAFA that Israeli forces "surrounded the hospital, stormed the emergency department, assaulted medical personnel, and handcuffed doctors and nurses." The incident has escalated tensions in the occupied West Bank, following a clash near the Israeli settlement outpost of Havat Gilad. Both sides presented conflicting narratives of the initial shootout, with Israel claiming Palestinians attacked settlers and Palestinian sources alleging settlers initiated the violence before Israeli troops intervened.
Israeli forces surrounded the hospital, stormed the emergency department, assaulted medical personnel, and handcuffed doctors and nurses.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.
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