Israeli forces shut down a charity organisation in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday after raiding and searching its offices, local sources said.
Several Israeli military vehicles moved into Abdul Rahim Mahmoud Street in Nablus, with soldiers raiding and searching the Madeed charity organisation, and ransacking its premises, the sources told Anadolu.
Israeli forces posted an order closing the charity over allegations that it was “providing services to an illegal organisation,” without giving further details, the sources said.
Separately, the Israeli army carried out a series of raids across several towns in the West Bank early on Thursday, and detained several Palestinians.
Local sources said the raids took place in Nablus, Bethlehem and Hebron in the southern West Bank, Salfit, and towns in Jenin and Qalqilya in the northern occupied West Bank.
The incursions came amid rising illegal settler attacks in the West Bank, including assaults on Palestinian villages, arson attacks on property, and land seizures.
The occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, has seen an escalation in Israeli military raids, including raids, arrests, shootings and excessive use of force, alongside rising attacks on Palestinians and their property.
Since October 2023, attacks by the Israeli army and settlers have killed 1,155 Palestinians and wounded about 11,750. Nearly 22,000 have also been arrested, according to official Palestinian figures.
