Israeli violations in the occupied West Bank, on Friday, have resulted in the killing of three Palestinians, including a 15‑year‑old child, in addition to abductions and home invasions, while illegal paramilitary colonizers and army units carried out widespread assaults, shootings, land seizures, and invasions across multiple West Bank districts, injuring several Palestinians, and erecting a new colonial outpost.
In the northern Jordan Valley, illegal colonizers erected a new colonial tent in Wadi al-Tayasir, east of Tubas in the occupied West Bank’s northeastern part.
Local sources said a group of colonizers began installing the tent on Palestinian-owned land early Friday. Two nights earlier, colonizers had erected another tent in the same area, which was removed on Thursday evening following efforts by the Palestinian district coordination office.
Residents fear the new tent will serve as the nucleus of another colonial outpost aimed at seizing grazing land and restricting Palestinian movement.
In occupied Jerusalem, a 46-year-old Palestinian man from Biddu town, northwest of Jerusalem, was assaulted by Israeli soldiers while present in Beit Hanina, north of the city.
The man suffered fractures and bruises after soldiers beat him during a street encounter. He was transferred for medical treatment.
In the Bethlehem district, south of Jerusalem, Israeli forces invaded the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem city, deploying in the Al-Bawwaba area, the road linking the old town to the gate, and the Dar Mahmoud neighborhood. Soldiers conducted foot patrols and blocked movement, though no abductions were reported.
Also on Friday, Israeli forces shot and killed two young Palestinian men just hours apart, after the army invaded the Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.
Media sources reported that occupation forces killed Mustafa As’ad Mustafa Hamad, 22, in Qalandia, and added that the soldiers shot two Palestinian men, striking one citizen in the head with live ammunition, causing critical injuries.
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced a short time later that Sufian Ahmad Saleh Abu Leil, 46, succumbed to a critical gunshot wound to the head.
Similar Israeli invasions were carried out in Abu Dis and ar-Ram, where Israeli forces detained around 20 Palestinians and stormed Al-Quds University’s mosque.
Meanwhile, Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem remains fully sealed for the fifth consecutive week. The closure, imposed on February 28, continues under the pretext of a “state of emergency” declared in connection with the ongoing Israeli–U.S. war on Iran.
On Friday evening, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian child in the Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem in the West Bank, bringing the number of Palestinians slain in one day to three.
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that 15‑year‑old Adham Sayyed Saleh Dahman succumbed to serious gunshot wounds.
In the northwestern West Bank, two Palestinians were shot and injured by Israeli forces north of Tulkarem during a military incursion. Medical teams confirmed the injuries and said soldiers opened fire at residents in the area.
Additional attacks by Israeli paramilitary colonizers were documented in the southern Hebron Hills, in the West Bank’s southern part, where three Palestinians were injured after colonizers opened fire and assaulted residents.
Similar incidents were reported in other parts of the Hebron and Bethlehem governorates, reflecting a sharp escalation in settler violence.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, Israeli forces shot a Palestinian physician in the thigh as he exited a mourning house before he was transferred to Ibn Sina Hospital. The same invasion saw additional abductions in Arraba, Bir al-Basha, and the Jenin refugee camp.
In Salfit, in central West Bank, dozens of young men were detained during a large-scale military incursion, with witnesses reporting beatings, field interrogations, and the conversion of public facilities into makeshift interrogation centers.
The Israeli army also invaded several parts of Nablus city and surrounding communities in the northwest West Bank, conducting massive searches, in addition to firing live rounds, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.
The day’s events follow a broader pattern of widespread military invasions and abductions. Israeli forces continue to storm homes across multiple governorates — Nablus, Bethlehem, Qalqilia, Tulkarem, Jericho, Hebron, Jenin, and Jerusalem suburbs—abducting dozens of Palestinians in pre-dawn operations.
Human rights groups also warn that the escalation in colonizer violence—combined with intensified military invasions and the establishment of new colonial outposts—reflects a coordinated effort to expand Israeli control over Palestinian land.
Recent colonizer attacks have included shootings, arson, and assaults on homes and vehicles, with multiple injuries reported across Nablus, Jenin, Salfit, and the Jordan Valley.
Palestinian officials say the ongoing attacks, abductions, and land seizures amount to a systematic campaign aimed at entrenching de facto annexation of the occupied West Bank.
They warn that the surge in colonizer violence, carried out under the protection of Israeli forces, threatens to push the region into further instability.
