of the the, [000:00:00;00] the, the is really army is conducting one of the largest scale rates in recent weeks across various cities and towns in the occupied west back there. i'm going on to flashes in a sense of river mullins, the on how he feels that this is all just every life and also coming up thousands of people to in his really strikes on getting areas near a hospital in southern guns that is real. deploys reinforcement center the strict

causes death toll keeps climbing more than 21100 times. the news of kills is neighborhoods in the south. west civilians, a sheltering pockets, choosing jail overhaul. an 18 year old is waiting refuses the 9 to tribute tree kula in protest over the war and garza the does remove the tree is conducting some of the largest rates in cities across the occupied westbank. since the war and gaza began forces entered ramallah, janine hebron until com. classes have broken out with several promised indians into the rates have become an almost 90 occurrence since october the 7th. well, ben smith is joining us now on the phone from ramallah as were saying that these are pretty much nightly occurrences. but this particular set of right seems very wide scale and large scale. you are yes,

they've been raids every night since october, the 7th and right and not unusual. even really in the occupied ones. westbank since before october. the 7th was differences the the scale and frequency of the men, the intensity of them was particularly unusual to nineties. this raid going on in ramallah at the moment, not too far from where i am unusual. very unusual in the central mallet because this is the administrative headquarters of the palestinian or far it's a, it's a, it's a city center, and it's just not often that you did it, but it happens here. it's still going on. and they've now been some confrontations between um, it's rarely forces and, and to the people in the center of ramallah. they used sound grenades and take us to clear the harry is this time of the night. it is 2 o'clock in the morning and it

started about an hour ago. it's very, very quiet on the streets anyway, there isn't really much activity but, but yes, i'm, i'm ready to continuing elsewhere and you know, keep on westbank our and as we're saying this is part of a pattern that we've been seeing increasingly, really since october, the 7th what is behind, what is that the motivation, the, the military plan here as such as well, these really ministry of course, will say that the targeting fights is they've got particular targets in westborough towns, most of them in the summer since october. this have most of them are often around jeanine sometimes around uh, hebron sometimes name around novelist and they will have target particular targets that they want to select entirely clear what the targets here is in ramallah although the reports of the i don't. so the money exchange has been

targeted here and there are reports and i will say that then it's really sold that has been hit in the confrontations. but the, the, the targets always different. they say they're always different fighting groups as well as individuals who they want to go with. the rest is why they usually happen in the middle of the night. but they can go on for a long time and they say they are across the across the occupied westbank. i'm just to remind to reading does barry no city, no town, old village is left on touched really by, by rage in the west bank. and it reminded to everybody that lives here that of course, they are in a place on the is there any occupation indeed, and just in the previous set of raids the previous night, there was a drug and strikes that killed 6 palestinians that adds to a total of hundreds and vast numbers of arrests as well. yes. and those drones strikes again, but it's also very unusual. uh though that they,

they using them. they have been using them a little bit more now since october, the 7th. and those drone strikes, catching 6 of the young man who would, who was the spectators on a, on another ray that was going on further away from where they was founding. another indicate, i mean, another sign of hip hop dangerously changes in the occupied westbank. even the people who all are often just pushing, i'm not even leaving the targets of the of these really forces. but it's being in frequency of the way of the raids since october, the 2nd. but he's really no simple. they are, excuse me, they are facts of life in have been for many, many years. but there are just many more. and then these rail seems to be taking the opportunity with the war in gaza to sort of finish to look after on the finished visits in the occupied westbank going after the um, the groups going after individuals that they wanted for

a long time. but using the cover of gaza to, to be much more intense in the targeting of individuals and groups. and they occupied westbank. and of course, where you are in ramallah that is area a, on the nominal palestinian authority control is the headquarters of the palace palace. do you know 30 these really be the trees always have the capacity and it has done a carrying out raids inside your model, but it seems that there are more such rates happening in that very key city in recent weeks. yes. and it's supposed to be, you know, is taking the and this to be occupied. westbank which is supposed to be under the that's essentially under the control of the palestinian know, far to security policies. these raids are all from done in a, in consultation with palestinian security forces that often it's all some power

steering for security forces that coordinate with these re lease. so that's why it's a particular unusual in these, in these areas that you say, this is controlled by a, this is controlled by the power single storage. he's got administrative headquarters of the palestinians. of course, you know, east jerusalem is, wants to be the policy and capital in any future deal for 2 states. but at the moment in ramallah is where it's administered from is where the governments and the bureau bureaucracies had quoted about twice on usual to be remodel or not on the hood. all right, in the city sent a is unusual here. and can you tell us a bit more about how this is affecting life send you occupied westbank not just for the people directly affected those cold up in these raids and attacks and a respite no more broadly on, on just the atmosphere and the way the people are carrying on that, that he lives at the moment as well. it puts an enormous amount of pressure on

people who live to live in the occupied westbank. it puts an enormous amount of pressure on because it's so a destabilizing and restricting on life already, palestinians. it since october, the 7th, probably soon as you used to work in israel have been prevented from traveling into work this area. all these westbank areas are effectively sealed off from israel and it just makes the, uh, i mean, you know, obviously policy means living here been aware of that, but then funded by the occupational a daily basis. but the base, intensification of the occupation, the regular raids, the frequent road blocks, the constant arrest up road blocks. and that comes from checks a just a continuing oppressive way of uh, controlling palestinians in the west bank and reminding them that is rarely some charge. and it just, it just makes we're very impressive,

and possibly combustible atmosphere is the presence of the policy and present moodle masters warning it into an addiction television favoring that, the west bank could explode a following. and what's going on in gaza and we're seeing some live pictures of janine right now. that is obviously being really a center point for palestinian on the groups, especially with the last couple of years that were being more military style. clashes with is ready for us. is there be more palestinian attacks again, are we seeing jeanine very much being targeted in these raids since that the war in gauze have begun as well? janine is the city why, really compared to ramallah the palestinians, secure, i suppose is do not have control over that area. it's, it's, it's long. you know, it's been lost to groups the control janine, particularly by night for quite

a long time now. and so in janine, you have much, much more activity and that very frequent, long lasting rage that can go on for 2448 hours. i covered well not long ago, the track down for a couple of days, which forces stops children going to school, stops people opening businesses stop. steve stops people moving about and going about that daily lot. because the stocking tools while these raiders conduct these raid going after tequila, um groups that they want to try and suppress. and as i say uh, try to uh, try to take the opportunity with the board and gauze. it's it to so to, to, to try and finish on finished business and really pushing down these on groups that exist. she kelly and janine where the palestinian authority is not in security control at the moment. and it was just about 6 months ago that there was that

enormous by historical standards is ready raid on jeanine. now, during the course of the war where seeing as much more miniaturized, much more heavily in sort of offensively invaded areas of the occupied westbank almost as a matter of course. and as you were saying, because of the because of war, it is happening without the kind of attention. i mean that, that right back in, in uh, in the summer attracted headlines around the world. how of palestinians in the occupied westbank kind of internalizing the idea that this is now becoming a very familiar, very regular retards in their lives as well. it's very uh, telling that though, i mean obviously since because of all that, been a protest in the palestinian territories in the occupied territories about the gauze of war. but it's because of the way the israel control now the occupied westbank and because of the weight, because the check points that are in place,

the closures that are in place, the rates would go on in the different villages, towns and cities. it's, it's very, very hard for palestinian to, to sort of effectively get together as one group in protest. so you haven't seen save major confrontations across the okay pod west palm because of the, the sort of power that the, the is really all these ready for just have over a have a different places here. so he's much while he's a very oppressive atmosphere. it's incredibly, a, almost, i suppose pressure cooker like in the, it's very hard for people to resist it also as a large group in the occupied westbank. but in particular the towns and cities. yes, it just creates a very good prescott much the economy is, takes a huge hit uh because of the disruption on business. and it just, it just makes for

a very you get 10 top most for your i guess us. and so when it comes to um, the support for a solid guarantee with the palestinians of guys that we have seen some protests, not necessarily enormous protests on fridays, for example. but what has been notable according to recent polling is just how much in the west bank support for home us has increased. is there a, is how much of the object to the what the is what he's doing here is to try to climb down on how my cells and, and how much as an entity in the occupied westbank. well yes, i mean support before october, the 7th for how much in the okay. by west point we should about 12 percent and now it's going to to no, not far on the 50 percent off. full jump percent. and the last poll i'm

a week or so ago, and which is an indication of how it was sort of a really an indication that the supports of a alice jeanine's in gaza. and it's, it also shows how much, how little forward you all have little support. the power of getting, you know, follow to lead by my mood, abbas has had most palestinians, at least 90 percent of them in the, in the last poll think he should resign. although there's nobody particularly the place, there's no particular person in place that would be uh, popular and have to takeover from them at the moment here. um, but yes, i mean each, i mean, you know, the excuse of these riley's are in these rages fighting, talking not just time off in the occupied, westbound the other on groups as well, particularly those in, in, in janine and to car. um but yeah, the, i mean, you know, those in there is, is very little support for the policy, you know, part in this. so to the rate,

it clearly is where it's had quotes it exposes further i suppose it the shows a week of the palestinian authority is with him when he is good. in comparison with these riley occupation forces as well. just a reminder for anyone shooting and right now, this is breaking news that we're covering at the moment. the largest scale on multi preowned is really rate on the occupied westbank up and down the occupied westbank that we've seen and weeks now. and that's despite the fact that we have seen much enhanced and increased mit is really military operation. and so on the okay, by westbank since october, the 7th, we're talking to our correspondent bennett smith, who's in ramallah bennett, can you just remind us some of the, the top lines of what's been going on in the last hour or so? so a nightly occurrence wave rates across the west bank from north to south and

grades increasing in intensity really since october the 7th. particular unusual tonight, it seems so far and actually it's still early in the knowledge in terms of, in terms of grades, but so fond tonight that also hit a head of not far from where i am in central ramallah, although it does seem to be a bit quiet here now, but i was hearing going fine and smiling. take us earlier on a book. very unusual. they come right into the center about ramallah, the administrative sense for the polish domino stories, but that is so as usual targeting jeanine in the past and the refugee camp in jeanine didn't have room and jerry co count chileya until car. um, so all those major towns and cities in the west bank seemed to be being hit. but it's still, it's still quite early in the night. a for it. these could go on for many hours. they do go on for many hours,

depending on what targets these railways are looking for, depending on who they're looking for. but unusual, as i say that they come right into the house of ramallah. all right. i'm listing some pictures alongside those live pictures from slightly earlier of those confrontations inside romana, i'm you talking about the security code nation a couple minutes ago that the palestinian authority undertakes. it sometimes says it's going to withdrawal that coordination of times of hyphen tension with these readings. but the, when you see images such as the song is really bigotry vehicles, operating in sizable numbers with apparent full freedom inside the heart of ramallah. what does that do for the, i'm sorry, i think we're, we're not going to go to him or on con, sorry, but we're just going to switch to all your fellow correspondent. i'll probably get me wrong khan, who is also in ramallah and him. and i understand you've been witnessing for

yourself some of these events from your hotel. that sounds the right around 1 am in the morning. we began to hate shots being fired. and now the street is where i am right now. which is about 100 meters away from an r squared. with those pictures you can see sign that aids take us was fired because radius created the street that account with at least a full is ready vehicles. and so from the side i'm on that goals are entered from the other 4 direction straight into the menorah square. in the last few seconds i've seen reinforcements arrive, accounts at 3 is really cheap going and i haven't seen any soldiers actually on the ground. hey, where i am, but as you can see from the pages down in monroe square, that's exactly what's going on. now the palestinians i have read aren't you that have to say that with sliding stories and oftentimes missing the jeep and then he's ready to fire and back with some bombs and, and, and grades. it's sporadic, it's been going on to like, i say for instance what i and so that's pretty well and the 19 minutes ago and we

had bullies and bullies with fire going on the streets of say the m t, where i'm going to like i say, i've seen reinforcements, iraq, so this doesn't look like it's going to come to an end any time soon. i to answer it wrong. i mean, it's clear that have been a number of raids in the hearts of ramallah since october the 7th. but nonetheless, would you say this is, is notable in its scale. recently i am having been in the car little single time with the 7, but never seen vehicles of bass close to monroe square, which the hawk is the center of my life. suddenly name is a miss amount of vehicles . now we don't know was the looking for. we do know the one is where you sold. you have at least has been injured in these classes and is this part and the rest campaign? i mean, remember these are now multiple rates that are going on and we go,

we're seeing that tonight as we speak engineering into boss and just to enable as well, on average, according to official palestinian figures. we get $42.00 grades a day happening across the occupied westbank since october, the 7th. i've been in north sams camp the last 2 days. i've also been engineering or she g can witnessing me off them off of rates that and you didn't count. that was very interesting because they didn't arrest anybody on the 1st day of the near sam's cap rate. they didn't interest anybody book today, that was a drawing strike that killed 6 people. so these range are ramping up. but when they don't come in and arrest anybody, again, often allows them, it gives the palestinians fullest of all. what is they simply a campaign to harass us? let's see how this of this um and for the rest of the night, but the, the jeep, i'm looking at right now on the edge of my streets. doesn't seem to be moving. and

i think that i can hear says where i can hear in the distance and some classes going on. and then run your once yourself to so car him. whether it was that drone strike a with the kill those 6 young palestinian man and use the division of trojans which is sharply risen since the since its 1st use for decades earlier in the summer. the very use of that is another signifier of just how wide ranging and, and how much there is being an increase to military presence in the occupied west bank. i mean that's absolutely right to the use of drains is something that we've been looking into quite a lot. just a catch you up. what happened in the north of refuge account that works 6 man who was stood around. they were watching the rate they were on on. they were training, so they do 17 and 29 years old. they were in

a very narrow alley way. it was actually there. i so how narrow the alleyway will surrounded by people's homes, family sleeping when the during strike came in around a one touch in the morning the right actually we got it mid night. but i came at 1 30 in the morning and that actually killed the girl because of interest because they, these readings when the low ambulances to come and pick them up. so eventually they had to take the bodies down often and 19 minutes, of course, and it was too late. they say something that's alarming human rights groups and activists because every time use right, he's mount astray. they killed these people and then they declared the minutes. and so that's exactly what happened today. like certain kind of a press release. the problem is really all me think needs been removed since we spoke to families, multiple people who said none of them had a history of armed resistance. none of them were foxes. and they simply would just be, you know, people between the ages of 17 and 29,

watching it right. happen. and they're not us. and we're on site so that so the very latest with your own eyes as a in ramallah, we're going to cross back to bennett smith's now elsewhere in the city in the occupied westbank a. but it can, you bring us up to date with a full of picture of what's been happening across the west bank in the last hour or so. so as well as a, this ray that is going on, not far from me in ramallah, in the city center, a need do. there are sometimes with the rage and elsewhere in ramallah, but just not always writing right in the heart of the cities in brown was just saying. but i've also been of a rage in janine and didn't have bron in until com. and in jericho, a just for a, for an audience, these are just a list of major populate, population centers, major cities in the westbank m. what happens in these rage says, quite often in the middle of the night when people are in bed and so the streets so

much quieter. but they come drag on into the early hours and into the morning time when people are getting up. some kids are getting ready to go to school and people are getting ready to go to work. they will be huge, really disruptive of life that live in all these westbank towns and villages. an indication of just how challenging like the life base, if you're a college student living under occupation is on occupational have the daily hazard of life. those rage. they just seem to be particularly wide scale to night. they all, it's a certain little, even in the last few weeks that have been raised in lots of different places all at once around the westbank. you just get the feeling that tonight maybe because of this won't happening right next to where we all, but you do get the feeling that seem to be they seem to be a bit more intense this evening. but yes, apart from ramallah, we've had them,

as i've just said, but for those just joining those in have grown. janine jericho called kelly a as well as a written in annapolis as well. and another may another major palestinian city novelist, frequent targets of targets of raids. and we think here in we think caring remodeler they've already sold you has been injured but have not heard anything about any of the injuries or casualties so far. so i know the time when palestinians in the west bank of the west bank of watching settled power series being killed and enormous numbers in gaza. and at a time when these ready prime minister is publicly just denouncing the idea of a palestinian state in the future, what does all this do? while these really ministry is, is in can't, at least for periods of the night, every night in key parts of the west bank. what does it do for the policy,

you know, thirty's or 40 and, and indeed, standing with the policy the population. well already even, you know, already we know by law, certainly 5 polling the palestinian all far. she's extremely unpopular amongst palestinians. h notes a, a viewed as a credible administrative all for which he bought. most palestinians my present my mood of boss. it remains while good and popular 90 percent of published means think he should resign the of the in the us or the west bank under administration of the palestinian or forward see they are far too cuz provide security cooperation to these really that means they help them identify locations with bites or individuals that are looking, that looking for might be or might be living and polish to be in this view that as a, as a lab ration with the enemy. so it puts the policy no authority in a very,

very difficult position. and all of this while there is constant talk about in gaza, what will happen when the end of the war, when these ro, besides with the war, is over a israel all the us is talking about a, some sort of administration led by the policy no far to in the west in gaza. well, it does need not carry any annual forward to here in, in the, in the west bank. so how we could possibly admitted store, oh hi. i have any will forward to you in gaza. many palestinians will almost last but the idea because they don't see how that is. they don't see how about it, even even credible. so here i think it just an indication of how weak really the power steering you know far gee, is and how it would seem as rail is either relied on the less and less or just ignores. it's the areas where it's supposed to be in control and just to

carries on regardless. all right, thanks. but who are going to continue the conversation with him or on again now and iran con, also in ramallah. i'm, can we, can you just give us an idea of the way that people in the occupy westbank academy? if you do, i mean we've reported to, for years now on a p read, at least with the sort of a politicized ation of people that seem to get some off protests would quite as, as, as well attended as, as perhaps they might've been in previous years but the last couple of years, there's been a real upsurge involved as part of sending a tax on his ready secular tax on palestinian communities and this increasing ministry presence. what's that doing in terms of the way people feel about the conflict and about their daily lives? well, the files, right, question, i have to bring up today with what's happening on the street. where am i?

they've actually blogs to of the roads now about few minutes ago, just as you were speaking of 3 is where the jeeps just came down the street. they've just bought them on once the 3 sides, i can count over the street. i'm on now. there's like may grades and stuff in the distance of this big passage seems to be ongoing. and i think the big smell uptake f, i usually is still coming down the street here. now in terms of the kind of what you're talking about, um every time a raid tires place, anybody that used to be very military and nice and politically honest, anybody with even the vague interest of what happens next says, this is how sympathy for the resistance movement increases and we've seen the post all talked with the 7th of in the, in, um, uh, the square is the well, you know, mass protests that were taking place in support of the palestinians and also have the right to resist. but there's a boss and the difference between waving

a flag and suppose of some say a mouse, i'm picking up a gun and that's, you know, reading something that we need to kind of remember there's a lot of people and a very sympathetic to palestinians resisting, but they don't want to pick up a gun, the hand go fights. our rate is like fix. you know, i've heard these countless tardies and people less likely, you know, new palestinian is like, well what do you expect for, you know, our youth will fight back. and that is something that these rates you know, know as well, but don't seem to care about and run that as a prisoner deal, being a and negotiated have a moment for they may have sold to get these ready couches out of god bless you. something that's on the table books night often i often i, our, they come in and they arrest most people we've got, we're looking at something like full $1800.00 people of interested since on the off of those held to that charge. again, this is the kind of thing that if you're 1516 years old and this is what they need