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The owner of the lathe (metal workshop) in Balata: "They came at us all at once and blew up the place"

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""اجوا علينا مرة وحدة وفجروا المكان".. صاحب المخرطة التي فجّرها الاحتلال خلال اقتحام محيط بلاطة البلد شرق نابلس." - Source

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Events:

Expansion of Operation Iron Wall in Balata al-Balad (Nablus)

Operation Expands in Northern west Bank:

On June 18, during the night, five battalions from the Samaria Brigade entered the Balata refugee camp in Nablus as part of the expanded operations in northern West Bank and as part of Operation 'Iron Wall,' alongside police forces and Shin Bet according to the IDF spokesperson. (Other units operate simultaneously in Meithalun, Jenin in Qalqilya, Salfit and in Jayyous).

Several Israeli military vehicles stormed the camp, surrounded its entrances, and prevented entry and exit.

Snipers were positioned on the rooftops of some homes.

Israeli soldiers raided several homes, ransacked their contents, and forced some families to evacuate their homes, turning them into military barracks and detention and field investigation centers.

The forces searched of homes, arrested wanted individuals and confiscated weapons, combat equipment and military gear.

"They came at us all at once and blew up the place."

This was said by the owner of the lathe (metal workshop) that was blown up by the [Israeli] occupation forces during the raid on the area surrounding Balata al-Balad, east of Nablus.

Translation of the testimony (by MIKU):

"They infiltrated Askar camp, after Askar they infiltrated Balata camp, and so, I got a phone call from the neighbors who said the army is in in your workshop and when the army went away, we got there and we found out they took the machines and toolsets and they turned the place up. And while we were putting things back and organizing, they came back again and they kicked us out and this is what happened. They blew up the place totally, without reason or warrants or nothing. All our work is for institutions and towns and factories."

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