On Thursday morning, the Israeli armed forces, along with armed paramilitary colonial settler gangs, assaulted Palestinian civilians in various parts of the occupied West Bank.
The colonizers wounded five Palestinians, while the military abducted five and took them to an unknown destination.
This follows a pattern of increasing and ongoing aggression throughout the West Bank which increased significantly following the Gaza ceasefire in October.
Jerusalem:
Israeli bulldozers demolish a building under construction in Wadi al-Hummus, southeast of occupied Jerusalem.
Hebron:
Seven Palestinians citizens were injured and beaten today, Thursday, as a result of an attack by Israeli paramilitary colonists between the towns of Halhul and Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.
A Wafa news correspondent reported that groups of armed colonists from the “Karmi Tzur” colony, which was built on citizens’ lands, attacked a group of farmers with stones, batons and poisonous pepper gas, who tried to reach their lands in the Wardan area between the towns of Beit Ummar and Halhul, which led to seven of them sustaining injuries, bruises and fainting cases. They were transferred by ambulance crews to Mahmoud Abbas Governmental Hospital in the town of Halhul.
Also in the Hebron district, the Israeli occupation forces abducted two Palestinian citizens, including the mayor of a town today.
Security sources told WAFA News that the occupation forces stormed several neighborhoods in the town of Al-Samou, south of Hebron, and abducted its mayor, Ibrahim Mahmoud Ahmed Rawashda, and arrested the freed prisoner Hammam Muhammad Badawi Shalash from the town of Beit Awa to the west, after raiding their homes, searching them, and tampering with their contents.
The Israeli occupation forces also stormed several neighborhoods in the city of Hebron, raided a large number of citizens’ homes, searched them, and damaged their contents, without any arrests being reported.
Jericho:
A citizen was injured today, Thursday, after colonists attacked him near the Karama crossing in the city of Jericho.
The Red Crescent reported that it dealt with the injury of a 64-year-old man, after he was attacked by colonists near the Karama crossing.
Armed paramilitary colonists attacked foreign activists and solidarity activists at dawn on Thursday in the Bedouin village of Shalal al-Auja, north of Jericho.
The general supervisor of the Al-Baidar human rights organization, Hassan Mleihat, told Wafa that a number of colonists from the colonial outposts established in the vicinity of the Bedouin village of Shalal Al-Auja, north of Jericho, stormed the village and attacked foreign activists and solidarity activists who were present to protect Palestinian citizens, noting that the activists and defenseless villagers confronted the colonists and forced them to flee.
Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley have been subjected to systematic attacks by colonists, the frequency of which has increased significantly recently, targeting citizens and foreign peace activists who support them.
Qalqilia:
On Thursday, the Israeli occupation forces detained the Palestine TV crew while they were covering the Israeli invasion of the city of Qalqilia.
Local sources reported to Wafa that occupation soldiers intercepted the television crew while it was working, detained Palestine TV correspondent Ahmed Shawer, photojournalist Bashar Nazzal and vehicle driver Ayman Harsh, and prevented them from continuing coverage, before releasing them later.
These events come amid the ongoing incursion into the city of Qalqilia. Since the early morning hours, the city’s neighborhoods have witnessed a widespread deployment of occupation forces, accompanied by military vehicles and infantry, obstructing the movement of citizens.
Ramallah:
On Thursday, the Israeli occupation forces tightened their military measures in the north and west of Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate.
Security sources reported to Wafa that the occupation forces closed the Atara military roadblock north of Ramallah, preventing citizens from entering and exiting, before reopening it.
Israeli occupation forces tightened their military measures at the Ein-Sinya military checkpoint to the north, causing stifling traffic crises.
Also, Israeli occupation forces tightened their military measures at the entrances to villages west and northwest of Ramallah, which hindered the movement of citizens.
Also, the Israeli occupation forces abducted a citizen from the village of Aboud, northwest of Ramallah.
Security sources reported to Wafa that an occupation army force stormed the village and abducted Fayeq Ibrahim Khoury (48 years old).
The occupation forces also raided several homes in the town of Beit Rima and destroyed their contents.
Nablus:
The Israeli occupation forces abducted three citizens from the village of Madama, south of Nablus, on Thursday morning.
Security sources reported that an Israeli occupation force stormed the village, raided homes, searched them, and tampered with their contents, and abducted three citizens: Montaser Odeh Nassar, Muhammad Nafiz Nassar, and Hadi Yasser Nassar.
The sources added that the occupation forces stormed neighborhoods of the city of Nablus, including Streets 10, Schools Street, Roujib, and the Zawata area.
Jenin:
A citizen was injured at dawn on Thursday when Israeli occupation soldiers beat him in Misilyah, south of Jenin.
The Red Crescent Society said that its crews transported a 53-year-old citizen after Israeli occupation soldiers beat him in Misilyah, and he was taken to the hospital.
The occupation forces stormed the village yesterday, Wednesday, imposed a curfew, deployed their vehicles in its streets, and raided and searched a number of homes.
Yesterday evening, an elderly man and a child were injured after being beaten by occupation soldiers, bringing the number of injuries in the village following the occupation’s attack on them to 3.
Bethlehem:
Thursday, the occupation forces stormed several areas in Bethlehem Governorate.
A security source told the Wafa news correspondent that the occupation forces stormed the towns of Al-Ubaidiya, Al-Shawara, Dar Salah, and Zaatara, and raided and searched the home of citizen Khaled Mohammed Salem Dhuib without any arrests being reported.
Over the past month, local Palestinians documented 621 attacks by Israeli paramilitary settlers against Palestinian civilians, concentrated in the governorates of Nablus with 133 attacks, Hebron with 112 attacks, and Ramallah and Al-Bireh with 93 attacks.
