Israeli occupation forces carried out invasions, home break-ins, and detentions across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, including in occupied Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nablus, Jenin, and Qalqilia.
In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces invaded the village of Beit Iksa, northwest of the city, and conducted extensive searches throughout several neighborhoods.
Local sources said soldiers broke into multiple homes, interrogated dozens of residents for hours, and abducted Mohammad Hababa after searching his home.
Troops also turned one home into a military post while continuing searches and interrogations.
Beit Iksa has faced repeated invasions involving home break-ins, abductions, and field interrogations.
Also near occupied Jerusalem, soldiers assaulted a young man and abducted him after beating him near the Qalandia military roadblock north of the city.
The soldiers also abducted dozens of young Palestinian men after stopping them, interrogating them, and detaining them at the Qalandia military roadblock.
Earlier Wednesday, Israeli forces invaded Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Shu’fat refugee camp north of occupied Jerusalem. Local sources said soldiers stormed the Al-Abbasiya neighborhood in Silwan and the camp, with no abductions or confrontations reported.
In related news, the army invaded the Al‑Shababat Secondary School in the Wadi al‑Joz neighborhood, east of occupied Jerusalem, causing damage to its contents during the incursion.
Local sources reported that the soldiers summoned the school principal for interrogation following the invasion, part of an ongoing escalation targeting educational institutions in the city.
In addition, Israeli forces abducted several Palestinian workers on Wednesday at the Mazmoria military roadblock south of occupied Jerusalem.
Video footage documented soldiers stopping a truck transporting the workers, ordering them out, and taking them to an undisclosed location. The exact number of those abducted has not yet been confirmed.
The incident comes amid a sharp escalation in Israeli military measures on roads and military roadblocks surrounding occupied Jerusalem, including intensified searches, movement restrictions, and repeated abductions targeting Palestinian residents and workers.
In the southern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded Beit Ta’mar, east of Bethlehem, broke into the home of Wisam Oweisat, and abducted his 25-year-old son, Walid Oweisat.
Furthermore, several Israeli military vehicles invaded Tuqu’ town, southeast of Bethlehem, and closed a main street between Palestinian olive orchards.
In Hebron, in the southern West Bank, the soldiers closed more than forty streets and roads in and around the town of Beit Ummar, north of the city.
In the northern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded Nablus and the Askar refugee camp at dawn, broke into several homes, and detained Khalil Shehab and Nimir Khreiyoush.
Also in the Nablus district, the Israeli military delivered a demolition notice for a two-story villa belonging to Ghaleb Mohammad Saeed Hajji in the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus.
In the Jenin district, Israeli forces detained Mohammad Hasan Nassar from the village of Beit Qad after searching his home.
Troops also invaded several homes in the village, damaging their contents. On Tuesday evening, soldiers had invaded Jenin’s Haifa Street area and fired gas bombs at residents.
In the northwestern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the city of Qalqilia on Wednesday morning. Local sources said several military vehicles entered through the eastern main entrance and spread through multiple neighborhoods, including Ghayatha, Kafr Saba, and the market area.
The soldiers intensified their presence in the Nazzal neighborhood, broke into the home of Mahdi Nazzal, and detained him.
They also invaded the homes of former prisoner Ahmad Sabri’s family and the Amer family, and searched a residential building with police dogs, damaging its contents.
During the invasion, soldiers stopped civilian vehicles, interrogated passengers, and inspected their IDs, severely disrupting movement.
In addition, the army invaded the village of Ras ‘Atiya, south of Qalqilia , on Wednesday evening. Local sources said several Israeli military vehicles entered through the main entrance of the village, drove through multiple streets, and then broke into a home whose owner has not yet been identified.
In a related development, soldiers obstructed the movement of residents in the eastern part of the Qalqilia district after installing a military roadblock at the entrance to ‘Izbat al‑Jaloud to the south. Troops stopped civilian vehicles, interrogated passengers, and inspected their identity cards, causing significant delays for those traveling to and from the area.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli forces had also invaded the city of Qalqilia with several military vehicles through the eastern entrance, spreading through the Wadi Street area and the Shreim neighborhood. Soldiers stopped vehicles, interrogated passengers, and inspected their IDs, while also firing stun grenades and toxic tear gas before withdrawing after nearly two hours.
