Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of violent attacks across the occupied West Bank on Friday, burning a mosque, assaulting residents, attempting to steal livestock, vandalizing property, and expanding their presence in multiple areas under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.
Before dawn, colonizers invaded the village of Jibiya, northwest of Ramallah in the central West Bank, where they burned a mosque and torched two vehicles belonging to Mohammad Na’im Shannan and Amro Saber Shalash.
Local sources reported that the attackers also spray‑painted racist slogans on the walls of homes before fleeing the area.
In the southern West Bank, an elderly woman was injured when colonizers attacked homes in the village of al‑Minia, southeast of Bethlehem.
Ahmad Kawazba, head of the village council, said colonizers targeted homes belonging to the Sawarka family near the bypass road by the al‑Maniya roundabout, assaulting elderly woman Salima Sawarka and causing a fracture in her right hand. Salima was transferred to Beit Jala Governmental Hospital for treatment.
Kawazba added that colonizers also attempted to attack homes belonging to the Jabarin family in the al‑Qarn area, but residents confronted them and forced them to withdraw.
He noted that al‑Mania has faced a surge in colonizer attacks in recent weeks, including attempted vehicular assaults, arson targeting homes and vehicles, and repeated harassment of shepherds to prevent them from reaching their grazing lands.
Northwest of occupied Jerusalem, around 12 colonizers attacked Palestinian shepherds between the towns of Beit Anan and Beit Duqqu, attempting to steal several sheep.
Local sources said the colonizers assaulted the shepherds in the areas of Ein Ajab and al‑Mahjar before chasing them toward the area of al‑Jubai‘a.
Residents intervened to prevent the theft, while the attackers spread fear among families in the surrounding area.
Palestinian communities in areas northwest of Jerusalem, including Beit Anan, Beit Duqqu, and Beit Iksa, have experienced repeated colonizer assaults on residents, property, and livestock under the protection of Israeli forces.
In the Old City, a group of Israeli colonizers assaulted Palestinian residents on the al-Wad Street, leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque as the residents were heading to the holy site for noon prayer.
In the northern Jordan Valley, colonizers organized a musical event in the area of Hammamat al‑Maleh, holding it atop the ruins of Palestinian homes whose residents were forcibly displaced by Israeli forces weeks earlier.
Residents described the event as a deliberate act of provocation and domination over the depopulated community.
In the northern West Bank, colonizers were seen herding cattle and conducting provocative tours near a Palestinian home in the vicinity of the village of Raba, southeast of Jenin.
Earlier on Friday, colonizers invaded the agricultural lands of Raba accompanied by a herd of cattle, roaming through the fields in an attempt to intimidate residents.
Local sources added that Israeli bulldozers continue to level land and carve new colonial roads on Jabal al‑Masalma overlooking the village.
Israeli forces also invaded the evacuated sites of the former colonies of Kadim and Ganim—dismantled in 2005—indicating intentions to reestablish colonial infrastructure there.
South of Nablus in the northern West Bank, colonizers attacked Palestinian vehicles near the village of Burin, pelting them with stones and spraying pepper gas at drivers. No injuries were immediately reported, though several vehicles sustained damage.
In another attack at dawn, colonizers invaded the town of al‑Lubban ash‑Sharqiya, south of Nablus, and targeted homes located along the main road.
Media sources said the attackers broke several doors and attempted to force their way into multiple houses, causing panic among women and children.
Meanwhile, colonizers erected tents in the al‑Mas’udiyya area northwest of Nablus, in what locals fear an attempt to establish a new colonial outpost.
Local sources said colonizers attacked the area and set up tents in the Badis area west of al‑Mas’udiyya. The previous evening, colonizers assaulted a Palestinian man in the same area, causing bruises and injuries.
Also Friday, Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions across the occupied West Bank, opening fire on a Palestinian vehicle, breaking into homes, obstructing medical crews, and abducting residents from multiple areas.
On Thursday night, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child, Fadi Zidan Oweiss, 16, near the village of Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.
