Israeli forces have stormed towns and villages, after two gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in occupied East Jerusalem, killing six people , raising fears of further military and Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and collective punishment in the occupied West Bank as Israel relentlessly pounds Gaza.

On Tuesday morning, the Palestinian Wafa news agency, citing local sources, reported that Israeli forces stormed the town of Biddu and closed its main entrance that connects it to the town of al-Jib, which is the only main road for nearly “70,000 citizens in the area”.

During the raid, Israeli forces fired live bullets, sound bombs and, amid clashes with locals, fired toxic and tear gas.

Israeli forces also raided several towns northwest of Jerusalem and carried out arrests usi

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