On Thursday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded various parts of the occupied West Bank, stormed and ransacked many homes and abducted at least twenty-one Palestinians, including three children. Illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers also continued their violations.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers invaded the Al-Isawiya town, east of the city, ransacked homes before abducting two children, Mohammad Abu Assab and Ahmad ‘Abed.
In Al-Isawiya town, in Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a child, identified as Mohammad Awwad, from his home.
The soldiers also closed the military roadblock at the main entrance of Beit Iksa, northwest of Jerusalem, preventing the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
Israeli occupation forces abducted a Palestinian man in the town of Doha, west of Bethlehem, after invading his home, searching the premises, and rifling through its contents. Local sources in the town identified the detainee as Ahmed Abu Hilal, 32.
In a predawn series of operations, the occupation also invaded several neighborhoods in the northern West Bank city of Nablus and abducted seven residents.
Israeli military vehicles pushed into parts of the city, stormed homes and rummaged through belongings before abducting Qasim Jarwan, a former political prisoner from the Rafidia quarter, Mohannad al-Aghbar, a former political prisoner from Khallet al-Amoud, and Fadel al-Kurdi from the Old City.
The soldiers also abducted Mohammad Maher Abdul-Jabbar from the Zawata town, northwest of Nablus.
The incursions extended to villages north‑west of Nablus, where troops invaded the towns of Burqa and Sebastia and abducted former political prisoner, Mo’taz Daghlas, and Karim al‑Sankal from Burqa, in addition to a teenage boy, Ala’ Kayed, from Sebastia.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the central West Bank city of Al‑Biereh from its northern entrance and carried out violent searches across several neighborhoods; local sources reported no protests or abductions during that attack.
Also, several military vehicles invaded the Al-Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah, before abducting Hamza Mohamamd Dallash and Mohammad Abdul-Jalil Dallash.
In Kobar town, northwest of Ramallah, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Hisham Shannan, 32, after storming his home and ransacking it in Kobar town, northwest of Ramallah.
Separately, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked olive pickers in the town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah, forcing them off their land during the critical harvest season.
Ramallah Al-Biereh governorate continues to face mounting pressure and serious violations carried out by Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers.
In the Hebron governorate, in the southern Westy Bank, the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes across the city before abducting Sa’id Sa’adi Al-Haymouni and his son Fadel, in addition to Tareq Najjar, Sa’di Abu Wahdan, Ahmad Nader Karama, Atef Raja’ey Al-Haymouni, and Tala Najjar.
The colonizers have repeatedly targeted harvesters across the West Bank this season; the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission reported 158 attacks on olive pickers since the start of the season, attributing 141 of those incidents to colonizers and 17 to the army.
The invasions and violations by the soldiers and the colonizers come amid sustained warnings from UN officials and humanitarian agencies about deteriorating protection for civilians and obstacles to movement and livelihoods across the occupied West Bank.
Humanitarian organizations stress that attacks on agricultural workers and the destruction or seizure of land and trees not only threaten immediate food security and income but also aim to displace communities and alter the area’s demographic and geographic reality.
The pattern of overnight invasions, home searches and abductions is consistent with recent escalations across the West Bank, where military operations are often accompanied by colonizer violence.
Families whose homes were stormed described scenes of men in military gear moving through rooms and overturning furniture as they took relatives away; those detained include former prisoners and young men from towns and villages across the Nablus governorate.
Human right groups called for the immediate release of those taken and for an end to practices that endanger civilians and their property.
The incidents underscore the fragile security environment in the occupied West Bank and the risk that continued military incursions and settler impunity will further destabilize daily life.
For farmers and families guarding their olive trees this season, the immediate need is protection on the ground: safe access to their land, an end to violent expulsions by the illegal paramilitary colonizers, and accountability for attacks that destroy livelihoods.
The abducted identified Palestinians are:
- Mohammad Abu Assab.
- Mohammad Awwad.
- Ahmad ‘Abed.
- Ahmed Abu Hilal.
- Qasim Jarwan.
- Mohannad al‑Aghbar.
- Fadel al‑Kurdi.
- Mohammad Maher Abdul‑Jabbar.
- Mo’taz Daghlas.
- Karim al‑Sankal.
- Ala’ Kayed.
- Hamza Mohammad Dallash.
- Mohammad Abdul‑Jalil Dallash.
- Mohammad Hisham Shannan.
- Sa’id Sa’adi Al‑Haymouni.
- Fadel Al‑Haymouni (his son).
- Tareq Najjar.
- Sa’di Abu Wahdan.
- Ahmad Nader Karama.
- Atef Raja’ey Al‑Haimouni.
- Tala Najjar.
