Israeli occupation forces launched numerous military invasions and abductions across the occupied West Bank, earlier on Tuesday, targeting multiple towns and refugee camps from Hebron in the south to Jenin and Qalqilia in the north, causing property damage, wounding at least one Palestinian and abducting many others. The army also issued new demolition orders near Ramallah.
The army abducted a young man on Tuesday from Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem. Media sources stated that the soldiers stormed the home of 27-year-old Mohammad Ahmad al-Ja’fari and searched it before abducting him.
In related news, the soldiers installed a metal gate northwest of Beit Jala, west of Bethlehem, obstructing the main road leading to the Arab Society Hospital for Rehabilitation.
Media sources said the gate’s placement will severely hinder access for patients and residents, further restricting movement in an area already subjected to intensified military closures and barriers.
This measure is part of a broader policy of fragmentation and control over Palestinian mobility across the West Bank.
In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers abducted two young men, Anas Al-Abbasi and Haitham Al-Abbasi, from their homes in Ras Al-Amoud neighborhood, in Silwan town, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
In the occupied West Bank’s southern part, Israeli forces abducted the mayor of Hebron, Tayseer Abu Sneineh, along with a young man from the town of Yatta town.
According to local and security sources, the military invaded the mayor’s home in Hebron, smashed its doors, ransacked its contents, and forcibly took him away.
In Yatta, Israeli troops abducted citizen Yazan Abu Qbeita after invading and searching his home.
Simultaneously, Israeli forces invaded the towns of Halhul and Ethna, west of Hebron, detaining dozens of residents and subjecting them to field interrogations.
Military roadblocks were erected across Hebron’s entrances, with several main and secondary roads sealed off using iron gates, concrete blocks, and earth mounds, further tightening the siege on the governorate.
In Jenin, located in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted a young man from the town of Yamun.
Local sources reported that troops invaded the town at dawn, abducted Sharif Bashir after storming his home, and deployed military vehicles throughout the streets. Several homes were also invaded and ransacked.
In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, Israeli occupation forces assaulted a Palestinian civilian at dawn on Tuesday and abducted thirteen others during military invasions targeting the villages of Kafr Qalil, Tell, Asira ash-Shamaliya, and Qusra.
Israeli military vehicles stormed Kafr Qalil, south of Nablus, where soldiers physically assaulted a resident, causing bruises that required hospitalization.
Troops also invaded and searched several homes, conducted field interrogations, and abducted five civilians: Ahmad Amer, Thaer Mansour Abu Karam, Saher Bassam Abdul-Latif, Wael Adli Adel Amer, and Yousef Hassan Yassin Diab.
Israeli forces also invaded the village of Tell in the southwestern part of Nablus, abducting Dia’ Yasser Taleb Hamad and Nasruddin Abdul-Nasser Asida.
In Asira ash-Shamaliya, north of the governorate, the soldiers abducted Ezzeddin Swalma.
In Qusra, located in the southern part of Nablus, five more civilians were abducted following violent home invasions: Mohammad Fadi Abdullah, Nour Abdullah Abu Rida, Hamza Hij Ali, Amir Jawad Jamil, and Ahmad Saed Hassan. Homes were searched and their contents deliberately damaged.
In Qalqilia, in the northwestern West Bank, two young men were abducted from the village of Kafr Thulth.
The soldiers invaded the village through its main entrance, stormed homes, and abducted Hassan Shawahna and Fayeq Odah after ransacking their properties.
Separately, a military unit invaded Qalqilia city from the eastern entrance, deployed in the Dawawin area and Wadi Street, and withdrew after two hours without recording further abductions.
In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, Israeli forces abducted 26-year-old Mohammad Abu Alyan from the village of al-Lubban al-Gharbi, west of the city.
Media sources stated that the military invaded the village at dawn, stormed his home, and vandalized its contents before taking him away.
In addition, the Israeli soldiers invaded Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, and distributed several demolition notices.
Amin Abu Alia, head of the al-Mughayyir village council, stated that several Israeli military jeeps, accompanied by personnel from the so-called “Civil Administration Office,” the administrative branch of Israel’s illegal occupation, stormed the village for several hours and delivered demolition orders targeting homes, agricultural structures, farmland, and the village’s public garden.
Media sources reported that occupation forces abducted the young man, Muhammad Musa Abu Aliya, after storming and ransacking his home in Al-Mughayyir.
In Tulkarem, located in the northwestern West Bank, Israeli forces, accompanied by military bulldozers, conducted a large-scale invasion of the town of Bal’a.
The troops stormed dozens of homes and shops, forcibly opening doors and destroying property, before abducting Thaer Najjar from his home, in addition to detaining and interrogating many Palestinians for several hours before releasing them.
The Israeli military bulldozers also destroyed sections of the town’s streets, causing extensive damage to infrastructure.
This latest invasion comes amid Israel’s ongoing offensive on Tulkarem and its refugee camps, now in its 219th consecutive day, marked by a suffocating siege and relentless attacks targeting every aspect of civilian life.
As of September 1, 2025, Shireen’s observatory for human rights revealed that 197 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers and colonizers in the West Bank alone since the beginning of the year.
67 Palestinians were killed in Jenin, 35 in Nablus, 27 in Tubas, 17 in Tulkarem, 16 in Hebron, 13 in Ramallah, 9 in Bethlehem, 5 in Jerusalem, 4 in Qalqilia, 3 in Salfit and 1 in Jerusalem.
The site also confirms that at least five journalists have been killed, many while covering Israeli military operations or settler violence.
Since October 7, 2023, Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers have killed 1,032 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 210 children, 22 women, 2 medics and 1 journalist; 291 in Jenin, 213 in Tulkarem, 127 in Nablus, 94 in Tubas, 93 in Hebron, 72 in Ramallah, 55 in Jerusalem, 37 in Qalqilia, 30 in Bethlehem, 13 in Jericho and 7 in Salfit.
Shireen Observatory was established in 2023 and officially launched on May 11 of that year, marking the first anniversary of the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
She was shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces while reporting from Jenin refugee camp, covering the ongoing violations and military aggression against the Palestinian people.
The observatory was founded to honor her legacy and to systematically document Israeli crimes, particularly those targeting journalists, civilians, and vulnerable communities in the occupied territories.
