Forces and Settlers Attack Palestinians Across Occupied West Bank

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary colonizers carried out coordinated attacks across the occupied West Bank on Thursday and Friday. They abducted Palestinians, established military roadblocks, fired tear gas, and assaulted residents in various cities and villages including Hebron, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Nablus, and Jenin.

In Bethlehem, soldiers invaded the city and nearby Doha, deploying at key intersections without entering homes. Later, they set up a roadblock in ash-Shoula to search vehicles and inspect identification cards of residents traveling from western countryside villages such as Battir, Nahalin, Husan, and Wadi Fukin.

Hebron witnessed severe violence as colonizers blocked paths in Khallet al-Hummus. Soldiers abducted six Palestinians, including two brothers from the al-Haddar family, while detaining others. Local activist Osama Makhamra said that settlers attacked the al-Haddar family again, trying to remove them from a shelter after their home demolition.

Mahmoud Obeid al-Masri lost consciousness after being detained and assaulted by soldiers in the same area. In Masafer Yatta, colonizers destroyed over fifty olive trees belonging to Mousa Odah Mohammad by driving livestock into fields. Soldiers also abducted a young man and mistreated people at al-Arroub camp.

Near Ramallah, colonizers alarmed families at Ramallah Park and roamed near ar-Reehan neighborhood. East of Tubas, settlers blocked the road to Yarza community with stones for the tenth time recently. Village council head Mukhles Masa’id stated these repeated attacks aim to restrict Palestinian movement and access.

Colonizers blocked Road 17 near Nablus, throwing stones at vehicles and causing damage. In Jenin, troops fired tear gas at the main roundabout and invaded Silat al-Harithiya, breaking into homes and detaining several residents. Earlier, bulldozers demolished five structures in Anata, displacing around thirty Palestinians.

At dawn Friday, forces invaded central areas near Ramallah and Al-Bireh, firing tear gas in Jalazone camp. In Yabrud, colonizers stoned a vehicle, injuring five youths and causing it to overturn. Soldiers also searched homes in Al-Mazra’a Al-Gharbiyya and Um Al-Sharayet without reporting immediate injuries or abductions there.

In the south, troops abducted Ahmad Fawwaz Rajabi in Hebron and Fahd Ahmad Hreizat in Khirbet Imniyzel. Northern operations saw five abductions in Nablus district, including Saed Deeb and his child. Soldiers also ransacked a home in Horsh As-Sa’ada and initiated searches in Qabatia town within the Jenin district.