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Palestinian media reports Israeli forces, settlers storm West Bank village of Marqa

File Photo: Israeli soldiers detain Palestinian children during an operation in Hebron in the occupied West Bank on 4 Feb 2012.

Israeli forces and settlers stormed the West Bank village of Marqa, Palestinian media outlet Palestine Dialogue Network reported Monday.

The report did not provide details on the number of people involved, whether anyone was injured or arrested, or the circumstances surrounding the alleged incursion.

Marqa, a Palestinian village southwest of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, has recently seen Israeli military activity. On Aug. 10, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli forces began bulldozing Palestinian-owned land between Marqa and nearby Qabatiya to establish what it described as a military site and construct a road.

The alleged incident occurred in the context of growing tensions and increasing clashes between Israeli settlers and Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

The region has also seen an increase in Israeli military activity. An Israeli airstrike outside Jenin killed a Hamas operative and two others, according to the Israeli military reported by Reuters on Friday.

No additional details were available on the incident in Marqa.

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