Israeli forces abducted 19 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, including municipal employees. Soldiers also shot and injured two children in Bethlehem, issued demolition notices in Jenin in the northern West Bank, and invaded communities across several governorates.
Illegal Israeli colonizers also attacked Palestinian land and property in Bethlehem and Hebron in the southern West Bank. Separately, Israeli authorities inaugurated a new colony south of Bethlehem.
In Jenin in the northern West Bank, Israeli authorities issued demolition notices and construction halt notices for four homes in Arraba town south of the city. They also issued notices for several agricultural structures near Arrana village.
In Nablus in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted at least six Palestinians during invasions of Bizzariya, Sebastia, Urif, and Burin. Other Palestinians were reportedly detained in Sebastia, but their number remained unconfirmed. Soldiers also invaded Asira Al-Qibliya and Duma village.
Israeli forces also invaded Zeita town and the Ektaba suburb of Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank, searching homes and interrogating residents.
In Tubas in the northeastern West Bank, Israeli authorities threatened to forcibly displace a Palestinian family from the Tubas plain. Israeli forces later invaded Tayasir village and searched several homes.
Palestinians held the funeral of 15-year-old Jadallah Jihad Jadallah in Al-Far’a refugee camp south of Tubas after Israeli authorities released his body. Israeli forces had killed the child during an invasion of the refugee camp on November 16, 2025, and withheld his body until its release.
In Salfit in the central West Bank, soldiers invaded Qarawat Bani Hassan, abducted four Palestinians, and confiscated a vehicle.
In occupied Jerusalem, soldiers abducted several municipal employees during an invasion of Hizma town northeast of the city and confiscated a municipal vehicle. They later invaded Anata town northeast of occupied Jerusalem.
In Bethlehem, soldiers abducted eight Palestinians after invading and searching homes in Doha town, Dheisheh refugee camp, Bethlehem city, and Beit Fajjar town. During a later invasion of Beit Fajjar, Israeli forces deployed snipers on rooftops and shot and injured two Palestinian children with live rounds.
In Al-Minya village southeast of Bethlehem, colonizers grazed livestock on privately owned Palestinian land, damaging olive trees.
Israeli authorities also expanded colonial activities by inaugurating the new Ma’ale Arugot colony within the Gush Etzion colonial bloc south of Bethlehem. Israeli media reported that it was the third new colony established within a week.
In Hebron in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted Khalil Ahmad Al-Hreini from Susiya village in Masafer Yatta.
In Masafer Yatta south of Hebron, colonizers released cattle onto Palestinian-owned land and around homes in several communities, damaging agricultural areas.
In Ethna, west of Hebron, soldiers confined around 30 Palestinians in a family home and subjected them to field interrogation. Soldiers also assaulted several of them, causing bruises.
