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withdrew from a refugee camp near in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday after they failed in an attempt to arrest .

Troops raided Balata camp and encircled a home located in the Al-Jamasin neighbourhood, according to local sources, °®Âþµº's Arabic-language sister service, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, reported.

When the forces were unable to arrest the Palestinians they were lookingÌýfor, they pulled out of the camp.

A young man and two boys were wounded during the raid, which saw gunfire exchanged.

The Nablus emergency director for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, Ahmad Jibril, said three people were wounded by live rounds and were taken to hospital.

It comes as Israeli soldiers arrested 40 Palestinians, includingÌýformer prisoners previously released from Israeli jails, as they conducted raids across the West Bank.

These include 22 Palestinians arrested from Teqoa, a town near Bethlehem, and 12 more from the town of Yabad to the west of Jenin.

In Yabad, dozens of Palestinians suffered from the effects of tear gas fired by Israeli forces.

The Israeli military raids in the West Bank came on the same day settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem.

Israeli security protected the settlers while they engaged in Jewish worshipÌýin violation of the longstanding status quo agreement governing the management of Al-Aqsa, the third holiest site in Islam, and other religious places in Jerusalem.

The Israeli unilateral escalation in the West Bank raises fears of a new round of violence, as the toll of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces on Tuesday alone reaches four in 24 hours

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The agreement stipulates that while non-Muslims may visit Al-Aqsa, they may not pray there, though IsraelisÌýoften ignore this rule.

Earlier this year, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Israeli settlers and security .

Hundreds of Palestinians were wounded or arrested.