Israeli forces invaded multiple areas across the occupied West Bank on Friday, conducting widespread home invasions, abductions, assaults, and movement restrictions in occupied Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Nablus, and Qalqilia. The operations included breaking into homes, damaging property, assaulting residents, and imposing closures on several communities.
In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers abducted a young man from the town of Kafr ‘Aqab, north of the city.
Local sources said the soldiers broke into the home of Adam Abu Al‑Sharif at dawn, searched it extensively, and damaged its contents before taking him away.
In a separate incident, soldiers invaded a home in Hizma, also north of occupied Jerusalem, and destroyed its belongings.
Israeli forces also handed Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the imam of Al‑Aqsa Mosque, a military order banning him from entering Al‑Aqsa for one week.
Local sources reported that soldiers abducted Sheikh Hussein immediately after he concluded the Friday sermon and prayer at the mosque.
In the southern West Bank, soldiers abducted two residents from Bethlehem District. Media sources said the army broke into the homes of Sami Daoud Az‑Zeer, in his sixties and the mayor of Janata east of Bethlehem, and Adel Dawoud Al‑Asakra, 49, in the Al‑Asakra area, searched the homes, and took both men.
The army also invaded several areas east and south of Bethlehem — including Beit Fajjar, Ruweida, Abu Anjeem, Al‑Ubeidiya, Al‑Shawawra, and Dar Salah, as well as the Dheisheh refugee camp — though no abductions were reported in those locations.
Later in the day, Israeli forces invaded the Abu Njeim area southeast of Bethlehem, closed it completely, and prevented residents from entering or leaving.
In the central West Bank, several members of the Abu ‘Aliya family were injured during an invasion of their home in the village of Al‑Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah. Media sources said soldiers beat family members, fired toxic gas inside the house, and caused multiple cases of suffocation.
During the invasions, the army detained 23‑year‑old Mo’men Abdul‑Latif Abu ‘Alia and forced him to dismantle the protective fence surrounding the home of the Abu ‘Ata family.
Furthermore, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Mishmash area in Tammun town, south of Tubas in northern West Bank, and conducted searches.
In the northern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded several neighborhoods in the city of Nablus at dawn.
Military vehicles stormed the city, and soldiers broke into homes in the Old City, the eastern commercial district, and the western area. No abductions were reported.
During a separate invasion of the village of Tell, southwest of Nablus, soldiers obstructed vehicles at a military roadblock. Protests also erupted in the village of Burin, south of Nablus, where soldiers fired concussion grenades at residents.
The soldiers also abducted a former political prisoner, Omar Shalhoub, after summoning him for interrogation. Shalhoub had previously been imprisoned by Israel for twenty‑two months and was released nearly seven months ago.
In the northwestern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded Qalqilia from the southern military roadblock, leading to confrontations between local youths and soldiers. The army also broke into a home in the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilia, during its invasion of the area.
During the invasion of Qalqilia, Israeli soldiers confiscated agricultural supplies and fertilizers after the stormed a home in the Shreim neighborhood in the city of the city.
Furthermore, the soldiers broke into a home on Azzun Street in Ezbet at-Tabib area, east of Qalqilia, and tuned it into a military post.
This report documents some of the invasions, abductions, home breakings, land seizures, and movement restrictions across the occupied West Bank today. Additional violations continue to occur but cannot be fully documented due to the ongoing nature of these attacks and the restrictions imposed on Palestinian movement and access.
