Throughout the day on Saturday, numerous attacks by Israeli paramilitary colonizers and stormtroopers against Palestinian civilians were documented by local sources.
This follows a recent pattern of escalation in the number and severity of attacks by the Israeli extremists, supported by the Israeli military, which dramatically increased with the onset of the US-Israeli war against Iran that began on February 28th and is still ongoing.
In the most recent development, a 53-year-old Palestinian man was shot in the neck and chest, and another 54-year-old Palestinian man was injured in the foot by Israeli occupation forces in Tulkarem, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Northern West Bank:
Saturday night, Israeli paramilitary colonists burned houses and vehicles in the village of Al-Fanduqumiya, south of Jenin.
Local sources said that a large number of colonists attacked the village, setting fire to houses and vehicles, and attacked other houses and smashed their windows, amid attempts by citizens to confront them and put out the fire.
A Wafa correspondent explained that a house and two vehicles were completely burned, while a number of citizens sustained minor injuries and were transferred to a nearby medical center for treatment.
Colonists attacked Palestinian citizens’ vehicles south of Nablus on Saturday evening. Local sources reported that colonists attacked citizens’ vehicles and threw stones at them near the Zaatara military checkpoint and the bypass street near Burin, and Awarta was closed after dozens of colonists gathered.
Also Saturday, the Israeli occupation forces abucted a shepherd and detained others, following an attack by colonists on sheep herders north of the town of Deir Istiya.
Local sources reported that a group of Israeli paramilitary colonists attacked sheep herders this morning in the Ezbet Mughr al-Asmar area, near the al-Qa’dah area north of the town, assaulted them, and released their dogs towards the sheep.
The Israeli occupation forces arrived at the scene and detained a number of shepherds for hours, including: Yousef Suleiman Salman, his son Suleiman, Ismail Walid Salman, and Mohammed Rizk Mansour, before arresting citizen Hassan Yousef Suleiman Salman.
Israeli occupation soldiers searched the estate, vandalized property, broke doors, and damaged water tanks and livestock feed tables.
It is noteworthy that sheep herders in Ezbet Maghar Al-Asmar have been subjected to repeated Israeli paramilitary attacks since the establishment of an illegal Israeli colonial outpost in the region in June 2023.
Also Saturday, the Israeli occupation forces abducted a young man from the village of Hajjah, east of Qalqilya.
Local sources reported to Wafa that occupation forces stormed the village and raided several areas, including the eastern neighborhood, where they abducted Ahmed Nazim Batta, a young man in his thirties, after raiding and searching his home.
Central West Bank:
In the vicinity of Rawabi Square, north of Ramallah, on the road linking it to the city of Nablus, colonists attacked passing citizens’ vehicles with stones, without any casualties being reported.
Another group of colonists also gathered at the roundabout leading to the town of Mikhmas, north of occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli occupation forces abducted three young men at dawn on Saturday during their storming of the city of Salfit.
Local sources reported that the Israeli occupation forces stormed several neighborhoods in the city and arrested Alaa Al-Asmar, Bassam Al-Halabi, and Omar Salim Al-Arid after raiding their homes and tampering with their contents.
Later on Saturday in the same area, Israeli paramilitary colonists attacked Palestinian citizens’ vehicles near the village of Haris, west of Salfit.
The Israeli occupation authorities forced citizen Ahmed Hamed Bakirat, today, Saturday, to self-demolish part of his house in the town of Sur Baher in occupied Jerusalem.
The Jerusalem Governorate reported that the Palestinian citizen Bakirat began demolishing an added area of his house estimated at about 80 square meters, in implementation of a demolition decision issued against him since last Sunday by the occupation town, within ten days of implementation, in order to avoid bearing the exorbitant demolition costs imposed by the occupation municipality in the event that Its crews carried out the operation.
She explained that the section targeted for demolition was established about ten years ago, and that citizen Bakirat lives there with his wife. He had previously paid financial fines to the occupation municipality exceeding ten thousand dollars, and went through the licensing procedures, but the occupation authorities insisted on the demolition decision.
The forced demolition came at a time when the citizen was supposed to spend time with his family during Eid al-Fitr, but the occupation’s restrictions and orders forced him to demolish his house himself to avoid additional financial burdens.
Southern West Bank:
Two Palestinian citizens were injured and three others were abducted today, Saturday, during an attack by colonists under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron.
Local peace activist Osama Makhamra told WAFA News that the Israeli occupation forces arrested citizens Ahmed Yasser Hamamda, Muhammad Adel Hamamda, and his brother, the child Youssef from Khirbet Hawara in Masafer Yatta, after colonists attacked citizens and assaulted them by beating them and spraying pepper gas, which also caused citizen Adel Hamamda to suffer injuries, bruises, and suffocation.
They threw stun grenades at residents and activists who were documenting the incident and forced them away from the area. They then left the scene, taking the shepherd with them pic.twitter.com/8mH02KFn3J
— מחוץ לעדר/ kivsa shchora (@masafering) March 21, 2026
Israeli occupation forces, providing protection for the illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, invaded the area of al‑Khirba, assaulted residents and international peace activists, fired stun grenades at them, and stormed the home of Adel al‑Hamamda. Soldiers destroyed the home’s contents and beat members of the family, injuring Walaa Ahmad Atiyat, who sustained bruises.
In a separate incident, Israeli forces abducted a Palestinian shepherd while he was grazing his flock at the entrance to the village of Mufaqarah. Uniformed Israeli paramilitary colonizers — among them the notorious Binyamin Zarbiv — detained the shepherd until additional soldiers arrived.
Israeli soldiers then threw stun grenades at residents and activists who were documenting the assault, forcing them away from the area. The forces later withdrew, taking the shepherd with them.
Also Saturday, Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem.
Security sources reported that Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-Khader and took up positions in the Al-Yamamah and Dawar Al-Balou areas, without any reports of house raids or abductions. In addition, troops stationed themselves in the “Al-Bawaba” area on the main street,
Israeli occupation forces stormed Solomon’s Pools area south of Bethlehem on Friday evening, and stationed themselves at the first pond.
Northeastern West Bank:
Tonight, Israeli colonists attacked Palestinian citizens in Ain al-Hilweh in the northern Jordan Valley.
Human rights activist Arif Daraghmeh reported that colonists attacked citizens in the area and sprayed them with pepper gas.
