A series of attacks by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers and incursions by Israeli occupation forces were reported across the occupied West Bank this week, including assaults on homes, property damage, and efforts to expand colonial outposts.
The reported incidents spanned Beita, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, Salfit in the central West Bank, the Bethlehem area in the southern West Bank, Abu Falah, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, and Beit Anan, northwest of occupied Jerusalem.
In Beita, south of Nablus, four Palestinians were injured before dawn on Wednesday after colonizers from a newly established outpost on land south of the town attacked homes in the Bir Qouza and al-Harayeq areas, local sources said.
Residents confronted the attackers after several vehicles were damaged and one home’s windows were smashed. Israeli forces then invaded the area and beat residents, injuring four people.
Later on Wednesday evening, colonizers again attacked homes in Beita, with local sources reporting that a group invaded the Bir Qouza area and attempted to assault residents who confronted them.
Also on Wednesday, colonizers placed additional caravans on Jabal Sbeih in Beita in what local sources said was an effort to expand the outpost. The mountain has seen repeated attacks by colonizers on residents and their property.
The colonizers also invaded Palestinian agricultural lands at the outskirts of Beit Imrin village, northwest of Nablus, and set them on fire before the locals confronted them and extinguished the fire.
Also, a group of colonizers invaded Palestinian lands in the al-Mas’udiyya village, northwest of Nablus, and installed a tent to establish a new outpost.
On Tuesday evening, colonizers smashed two vehicles on the road between al-Lubban al-Sharqiya and Salfit in the central West Bank.
Local sources said the vehicles, belonging to two young men from al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, were attacked with stones while traveling on the Ein ash-Sha’er Road linking the village to Salfit, shattering the windows, and causing damage.
In the Bethlehem area in the southern West Bank, colonizers, accompanied by Israeli forces, invaded the Solomon’s Pools tourist area between al-Khader and Artas, south of the city.
Media sources said the colonizers spread around and inside the three pools, and some swam there while provoking residents. Israeli forces fired sound bombs during the invasion. No injuries or abductions were reported.
The area had earlier seen Israeli forces attack residents and visitors by firing tear gas and sound bombs, leaving several people with breathing difficulties. It has recently seen an escalation in repeated incursions and assaults by Israeli forces and colonizers.
In related news, an Israeli colonizer driving on the main road south of Bethlehem refused to allow a Palestinian ambulance to pass, forcing the ambulance driver to maneuver around the vehicle to continue toward its destination.
In Abu Falah, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, groups of colonizers invaded an area of the town amid what residents describe as a recent rise in colonizer attacks and Israeli military incursions across the Ramallah and al-Bireh governorate, alongside ongoing campaigns in which Palestinians are abducted during home invasions and other operations.
Near occupied Jerusalem, machinery used by colonizers on Wednesday carved a new colonial road extending from the Bedouin community area toward residents’ land in the al-Khneideq area of Beit Anan, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, local sources said.
The work is being carried out on privately owned Palestinian land, they said, raising fears of land seizure and further expansion of colonial activity in the area.
