00:00Using tear gas and sound bombs, this is how the Israeli military stormed the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
00:10A busy area with markets, shops and schools.
00:16Even a barber shop where people had sought refuge came under attack.
00:23The military targeted foreign exchange businesses, accusing them of supporting Palestinian armed groups.
00:32The brutal Israeli occupation persistently continues to terrorize the Palestinian people.
00:39Today is yet another raid under false and frail pretexts, as usual, simply to abuse our people.
00:47It's not the first time currency exchange shops have been raided.
00:54Since December 2023, Israeli forces have confiscated nearly $6 million from these businesses.
01:02The excuse usually given by Israeli occupation forces is that those, in particular, those exchange businesses are linked to transferring money to terrorist organizations.
01:14That's how they refer to. But I think it's also important to remember that under Israeli military laws,
01:20pretty much every Palestinian organization, including human rights organizations and student groups,
01:25are considered to be terrorist organizations.
01:27More than 50 people were injured during the hours-long military operation.
01:34Israeli soldiers also forced media crews away from the scene, despite identifying themselves as journalists.
01:47But even then, Israeli soldiers fired shots in their direction.
01:52There is, again, no consequences because no one is asking, no one is imposing, no one is holding them accountable for their action on the ground.
02:04But it's not just the daily military raids Palestinians are suffering under.
02:09It's the daily arrests, home demolitions, illegal settlement expansions and repeated settler attacks.
02:16Palestinians say all these actions are aimed at deliberately making life unbearable for them.
02:25And since the war on Gaza began, there's been a surge in Israeli military assault and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank.
02:34Once again, displacing tens of thousands of families from their homes.
02:40Lina Abu Akleh, Al Jazeera.
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