Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out coordinated attacks on Saturday across several districts of the occupied West Bank, targeting homes, mosques, agricultural lands, and residential areas, while Israeli forces simultaneously erected military roadblocks, assaulted civilians, and abducted several residents.
In Bethlehem, colonizers attacked the home of Ahmad al‑Hajj in the University Housing area east of the city, smashing all the window glass.
Colonizers also grazed their sheep near Palestinian homes in the Hamroush area of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, and Al-Maniya village, while another group gathered near the home of Ibrahim Abu ‘Odah in Abu Njeim village, southeast of Bethlehem.
Israeli forces also installed two military roadblocks in Abu Njeim and Aqabat Hasna, stopping Palestinian vehicles, searching them, and inspecting the IDs of passengers.
In Hebron, in the southern West Bank, Israeli colonizers assaulted Palestinian civilians near the Nabi Saleh Mosque in the town of Ethna, west of the city.
The colonizers, under full Israeli military protection, attacked the area surrounding the mosque, beat several residents, and fired live rounds into the air.
Israeli soldiers then stormed the mosque, fired live ammunition, concussion grenades, and toxic gas, and abducted seven Palestinians: Jamal Saqer Tmeizi, Imam of the mosque Mo’taz Saadi Tmeizi, Hussein Adli Surra, Mus’ab Adli Surra, Mahmoud Malik Abu Jheisha, Adel Hussein Surra, and Salam Mohammad Tmeizi.
Colonizers also set up a tent on Palestinian‑owned land in the neighborhood, brought a flock of sheep, and smashed a Palestinian‑owned vehicle.
Later in the day, six Palestinians were injured in a colonizer attack in Wadi ar‑Rakhim south of Yatta, including one who was shot with live fire by colonizers from the illegal “Susiya” colony.
Anti‑colonization activist Osama Makhamra said five additional Palestinians, including women, sustained bruises and wounds after being beaten by colonizers.
In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, a colonizer released his livestock into Palestinian agricultural lands in al‑Taybeh, east of the city, after attacking the Ka’abna community and driving the animals into farmlands and near homes, causing extensive damage to crops and trees.
Colonizers also attacked Abu Falah from the eastern side of the village, firing live rounds near the village school. No injuries were reported.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces renewed their invasion of al‑Mughayyer, firing gas bombs west of the village. Palestinian communities northeast of Ramallah continue to face daily colonizer assaults and repeated Israeli military invasions.
Colonizers also invaded Beit ‘Ur al‑Tahta west of Ramallah, firing live rounds, and another group entered the al‑Batin area on the outskirts of Jaljulia, roaming through Palestinian agricultural lands.
In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, two Palestinians were injured in a colonizer attack on Beit Furik east of the city. The director of the Palestinian Red Crescent Emergency Center in Nablus, Amid Ahmad, said ambulance crews treated two young men who were assaulted and beaten by colonizers.
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During the attack, the colonizers invaded and vandalized Palestinian agricultural greenhouses owned by residents of Beit Furik.
The Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission reported that Israeli soldiers and illegal paramilitary colonizers carried out 2,256 attacks against Palestinians, their lands, and their property during July 2026. Israeli forces committed 1,458 attacks, while colonizers carried out 798.
The Commission said the attacks were concentrated in Ramallah and al‑Biereh (260), Nablus (247), Jenin (190), Bethlehem (185), and Hebron (170).
The Commission added that these figures demonstrate a clear integration between Israeli military power and colonizer attacks, with the army providing protection, support, and an enabling environment that allows colonizer assaults to expand and become entrenched as permanent facts on the ground.
These are some of the documented colonizer violations reported by field sources, medical teams, and local committees at the time of publication; many additional attacks go unreported due to the continuous nature of the assault and severe restrictions on movement and access across the occupied West Bank.
All of Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention in addition to various United Nations and Security Council resolutions. They also constitute war crimes under International Law.
Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits collective punishment and acts of terror against civilian populations.
Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” It also prohibits the “individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory”.
Articles 53 and 147, prohibit the destruction of civilian property and classify pillage as a war crime.
