Israeli forces continued launching sporadic raids on Palestinian settlements concentrated around refugee camps throughout the weekend into Monday as the death toll mounted.

Pressure was also piling up on Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s shoulders over the deaths of six Israeli hostages who were found lifeless on Friday in Gaza. Although Netanyahu tried to lay the blame for their deaths on Hamas, the Israeli public focussed their fury on their beleaguered leader.

They’re planning a general strike Monday, with tens of thousands gathering for another day of protests from 5am in Tel Aviv. A little later, estimates put the numbers at over 250 000.

Quite correctly, Israeli citizens know their government has been stalling ceasefire talks in order to extend the Gaza genocide and they’re demanding it immediately accept the deal Hamas has demanding it honour since June.

And the Palestinian resistance is fighting back, confronting occupation soldiers all across the West Bank, particularly around Jenin where a considerable portion of the battles have broken out.
In the Jenin refugee camp, the IOF raided and then blew up the home of the imprisoned leader and one of the heroes of Operation Freedom Tunnel Zakaria al-Zubaidi.

Soldiers also opened fire on Palestinian homes in the camp, but drove into Improvised Explosive Devices at the camp’s main roundabout. An Israeli airstrike targeted the town of Silat al-Harithiya, killing Palestinian youth Laith Shawahna and injuring several others

According to Palestinian media, the occupation forces arrested Namiq Melhem, from Kafr Dan.
In Nablus, into the Askar camp, Israeli forces arrested Hanan Maalwani and were targeted with IED. The Resistance also targeted the northern military checkpoint in Qalqilya, northwestern West Bank.
Israeli settlers, under the protection soldiers, blocked the Kedumim roundabout, while soldiers stormed the towns of Baqat al-Hatab and Immatain, east of Qalqilya. In Immatain, they carried out raid and arrest campaigns and turned a Palestinian house into a field investigation center to interrogate Palestinians.

A special Israeli force stormed the Jalazone camp where they arrested recently released prisoner, Medhat Abu Sharifah.

In the southern West Bank, specifically in Idhna, soldiers raided the house of Martyr Muhannad al-Asoud, who had carried out the shooting operation in Tarqumiyah which killed three Israeli officers. Soldiers vandalizing his possessions and property.

But the senseless violence is doing little to blunt the sorrow and anger of the families and supporters of the six dead hostages. Protesters are convinced they’d still be alive if Netanyahu had not played a spoiler role in ceasefire negotiations.

Even his Mossad boss, David Barnea, has undermined Netanyahu’s latest “demands” he’s using to stall a ceasefire deal – Israel’s continuing presence in the Netzarim and Philiadephi corridors – insisting they hold no operational value for Israel.

“My personal position is that it would be better to withdraw from Philadelphi and Netzarim to recover the captives; there is no operational need for these two routes,” he is reported to have said.
The corridor issue has also splintered Netanyahu’s war cabinet and a major schism with his Defence Minister and co-accused Yoav Gallant.

“The choice is between staying in the Philadelphi Corridor and recovering the captives; both cannot be achieved simultaneously,” Gallant warned, adding that ultimately: “Either we will discover that the captives have died, or we will have to back down from this decision.”