Israeli forces continued violations across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, abducting at least 17 Palestinians, injuring several others, demolishing homes and agricultural structures, and converting civilian properties into military positions, as colonizer attacks on Palestinian communities and property continued across the territory.
In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted 10 Palestinians during invasions of the city and the communities of Salem, Bizzariya, Madama, and Einabus.
Those abducted were identified as Sa’id Suleiman al-Sharida, Muhannad al-Arayshi, Ahmad al-Sununu, Ramadan Abu Shahin, Abdul-Rahman Mohammad Ziada, Mamoun Abdul-Karim Rashdan, Mohammad Abdullah Khader Shtayyeh, Khamis Karkari, Mohammad Khamis Karkari, and Yasser Fida Salem.
Three Palestinians were hospitalized after Israeli forces assaulted them during an invasion of Nablus city.
Troops also invaded several neighborhoods, Balata refugee camp east of Nablus, and the communities of Salem, Bizzariya, Madama, and Einabus, deploying infantry units throughout the area.
In Qusra, south of Nablus, Israeli forces and colonizers continued their siege of three homes for a twelfth consecutive day as they sought to take control of the properties.
Israeli forces converted one home into a military post after forcing its residents to leave. Witnesses said soldiers later damaged furniture and personal belongings and threw them from the windows.
In Ya’bad, southwest of Jenin in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces converted the home of Hamed Hamarsha into a military post and informed the family that soldiers would remain there for two days.
In Qalqilia, in the northwestern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted Bilal Maskawi after breaking into his home in the Naqqar neighborhood, searching the property, and damaging its contents.
In Tulkarem, also in the northwestern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted three Palestinians—Arwa Matrouk, her son Khattab, and Salim Fadi Sarsak—from the Thannaba suburb.
In Kafr Sur, south of Tulkarem, the soldiers demolished an agricultural structure and several greenhouses belonging to Taleb Saada about a week after issuing demolition notices.
Local sources said the structures stood on land classified as Area B and that the owner possessed documentation and permits for the property.
Also, Israeli colonizers invaded An-Nazla ash-Sharqiya, north of Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank, and drove through residential streets and among homes, causing concern among residents.
According to local officials, colonizers had begun placing mobile homes on village land the previous week in preparation for a new colonial outpost intended to connect the Hermesh colony with another outpost established in the al-Sanabla area.
Colonizers also threw stones at Palestinian vehicles traveling beneath the Jabara Bridge, south of Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank.
In Tubas, in the northeastern West Bank, a Palestinian man required hospitalization after colonizers assaulted him while he was working in the al-Buqai’a Plain.
In Khirbet Samra, also in Tubas, colonizers invaded the Palestinian community and moved among residents’ tents in what local sources described as part of a recurring effort to harass shepherds and control grazing lands.
In Salfit, in the central West Bank, Israeli forces abducted Khader Mahmoud Qassem Shuqair and Mo’men Shaqqour after breaking into their homes in Zawiya.
Northeast of Ramallah, in the central West Bank, five Palestinians were injured when colonizers attacked their vehicle as it traveled between al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah. The attack caused the vehicle to overturn, after which the colonizers assaulted those inside.
In Burqa, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, Israeli colonizers set fire to olive trees in the al-Qibli area, damaging and destroying a number of them.
Israeli forces also obstructed Ramallah and al-Bireh Governor Laila Ghannam as she attempted to leave Sinjil, northeast of Ramallah, after participating in the funeral procession of slain child, Salim Sami Fuqaha, 17. Soldiers temporarily confiscated the keys to her vehicle before allowing her to pass.
In occupied Jerusalem, dozens of colonizers invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound through the Moroccan Gate in successive groups and toured its courtyards under Israeli police protection.
Israeli authorities also imposed strict measures on worshippers and visitors entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and conducted identity checks.
Organizations advocating increased Jewish access to the compound called for a gathering in occupied Jerusalem next Thursday to demand the reopening of Al-Aqsa Mosque to colonizer invasions on Saturdays. The call involved rabbis, heads of religious schools, members of the Knesset, and ministers in the Israeli government.
In Shu’fat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem, Israeli authorities converted a former United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) school building into a school affiliated with Israel’s Ministry of Education and the Jerusalem municipality after removing UNRWA signage from the facility.
In Bethlehem, in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted Mohammad Nashat Hamamra, 29, during an invasion of Husan village. In a separate incident, forces broke into a barbershop in Dheisheh refugee camp belonging to Adam Issam al-Afandi, a Palestinian currently held in Israeli prisons.
In Birin, east of Hebron in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces demolished two inhabited homes belonging to Wael Gheith and Hamza al-Zein. The homes measured approximately 100 and 80 square meters, respectively.
West of Hebron in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces transferred several mobile homes to the recently established Doron colonial outpost, built on Palestinian-owned land in the Jabal Tarusa area, following excavation and land-clearing work at the site.
Furthermore, paramilitary colonizers set fire to a home in Khallet al-Farra, west of Yatta in the southern West Bank, while a family of five was sleeping inside. The family escaped without injury, but the home, owned by Bassam al-Nawaj’a, was completely destroyed.
According to the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, colonizers carried out 798 attacks in July and 4,286 attacks from the beginning of the year through July.
The July attacks resulted in the killing of seven Palestinians, 440 cases of property destruction and land clearing, 67 incidents involving the seizure or theft of Palestinian property, and damage to or the uprooting of 5,027 trees, including 3,241 olive trees.
