Israeli occupation forces abducted three Palestinians on Thursday from the Ramallah and al‑Bireh governorate in the central occupied West Bank, two of them while working in Jerusalem. Invasions were also reported in various parts of the West Bank.
Media sources said Israeli soldiers abducted Mohammad Yousef al‑Hannini, 20, from the village of Kafr ‘Ein, northwest of Ramallah, after invading the area and stopping him at a military roadblock.
In a separate incident, Israeli police abducted two Palestinian workers from the Ramallah and al‑Bireh governorate while they were working in Jerusalem.
The two men were identified as Diauddin Ahmad Samhan, 30, and Mohammad Yasser Nofal, 30, from their homes in the village of Ras Karkar, west of Ramallah.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the city of al‑Bireh in the governorate, especially the Jerusalem Street area, where soldiers had deployed before withdrawing.
In related news, Israeli military vehicles invaded Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, and carried out extensive searches inside several Palestinian homes.
Local sources said the homes targeted included those of Yazan Raboun, Hisham al‑Ameer, Nayef Dawoud Zboun, and Mohammad Hussein al‑Araj.
In the Bethlehem governorate, Israeli forces also invaded the Deheisha and al‑‘Azza refugee camps, as well as the towns of al‑Khader, al‑Doha, and Beit Fajjar, conducting reconnaissance patrols and deploying large numbers of soldiers throughout the area.
Israeli forces further invaded the town of Ehna, west of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, where local sources documented home invasions and the ransacking of property. The military also continued its invasion of Tubas in the northeastern West Bank.
These invasions come amid a sharp escalation in Israeli military operations targeting towns and villages across the occupied West Bank, alongside a surge in attacks by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers operating with full military protection.
