Israeli occupation forces carried out several invasions across the occupied West Bank on Friday, breaking into homes, restricting movement, and abducting Palestinians in Hebron, Bethlehem, and Nablus. Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, accompanied and protected by the military, also expanded their incursions into Palestinian towns and heritage sites.
On Friday evening, Israeli occupation forces abducted three Palestinians, including a 12-year old child during their raid on the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah.
Local sources reported that the occupation forces raided the home of citizen Jihad Eid Al-Naasan and arrested his son, Muhammad (12 years old), and his sister, Raghad, a student at Birzeit University.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Samih Muhammad Al-Naasan after detaining him and his wife for hours near the new colonial road in the “Al-Naqar” area, east of the village.
On Friday night, Israeli occupation forces stormed several towns and camps in the Bethlehem area.
Israeli troops invaded the town of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem. A local source reported that the Israeli occupation forces stormed Beit Fajjar, positioned themselves in the “Triangle” area in the center of town, conducted foot patrols, and fired poison gas and sound bombs, without any injuries being reported.
The Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Bethlehem and the Dheisheh camp to its south. The troops invaded Dheisheh, positioned themselves in front of the camp gate and on Al-Quds-Khalil Street, and fired poison gas and sound bombs, without any injuries being reported.
The Israeli occupation forces then stormed the city of Bethlehem, specifically Bab al-Zuqaq and along Al-Quds-Khalil Street.
In addition, Israeli troops invaded the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem, which led to clashes during which the occupation soldiers fired poison gas and sound bombs, without any injuries being reported.
Israeli occupation forces abducted two young men from the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya, on Friday evening.
Eyewitnesses told Wafa news agency that the Israeli occupation forces arrested the two young men, Ahmed Badwan and Shadi Radwan, after storming their residential area, raiding and searching their homes, and tampering with their contents.
Israeli occupation forces closed the road between the town of Azzun and the village of ‘Izbat al-Tabib, east of Qalqilya, with dirt mounds as part of a collective punishment against Palestinians in the area.
Israeli occupation forces stormed Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli occupation forces abducted two brothers from Musafir Yatta, south of Hebron, after paramilitary colonists attacked the brothers.
Local peace activist Osama Makhamra said that the Israeli occupation forces arrested the two brothers, Fouad and Dhiyab Omar Al-Jabour, after detaining a number of citizens in the Hawara area in Musafir Yatta in the south, while confronting the colonists who erected occupation flags over citizens’ lands, with the aim of seizing the land.
Also on Friday, Israeli occupation forces abducted two brothers and abused local Palestinian residents following an attack by illegal Israeli paramilitary colonists in Khallet al-Nash and Musafir Bani Naim in Hebron Governorate.
The two abducted brothers were identified as Abdul Razzaq and Youssef Idris.
In Musafir Bani Naim, east of Hebron, armed colonists attacked a home belonging to the Manasra family, shooting their dogs at the residents and herding their livestock into citizens’ fields and homes, before Israeli occupation forces stormed the area and abused the residents.
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11:30 am report:
Invasions and Abductions in Hebron in the Southern West Bank
Media sources reported that Israeli forces invaded the city of Hebron in the southern West Bank and abducted Jafar Adnan Abu Ramouz after breaking into his home, searching it, and ransacking its contents.
In the same governorate, dozens of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, escorted by the military, invaded the town of Doura, southwest of Hebron.
Israeli forces closed the Tarousa area west of Doura, blocked Palestinian movement, and secured the colonizers’ access to Jabal Tarousa, where they performed religious rituals.
Furthermore, the Israeli army closed the main road between Deir Samet and Doura to facilitate the colonizers’ invasion of the area.
Israeli forces also invaded the historic al-Murraq Palace west of Doura in the southern West Bank.
In addition, Israeli colonizers invaded Khirbet Um al-Kheir village in Masafer Yatta and started expanding their illegal colonialist outpost.
Abduction and Colonizer Incursions in Bethlehem
In Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted 28‑year‑old John Adel Hanna Morra after breaking into and searching his home on Saff Street in the center of the city.
The soldiers also invaded Marah Rabah village and the Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, before storming and ransacking homes.
Meanwhile, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, under military protection, invaded the Solomon’s Pools area located between the town of al-Khader and the village of Artas south of Bethlehem.
Local sources said the colonizers performed religious rituals at the site. The area has witnessed a noticeable escalation in colonizer incursions and attacks in recent weeks.
Invasions and Abductions in Nablus
Before dawn on Friday, Israeli forces invaded several neighborhoods in Nablus in the northern West Bank, including al-Ta’awon, Street 10, Ras al‑Ain, and New Nablus.
Troops broke into multiple homes, searched them extensively, and damaged property before abducting two young men, Hamza Boulos and Mohammad al‑Jabali.
The soldiers also invaded many villages and towns around Nablus, including Urif and Beita, where the soldiers abducted Ahmad Rajeh Sabah in Urif, in addition to Ibrahim Abdul-Karim Daoud and Mohammad al-Jablai, from Beita.
Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded the al-Hadaf neighborhood in Jenin city, before the soldiers detained and repeatedly assaulted a young man, causing various lacerations and bruises.
Tulkarem Invasion
Israeli soldiers broke into and ransacked many homes around the Nur Shams refugee camp, before forcing the families to leave the area.
The Israeli army claimed its soldiers found an explosive device on the side of the street near the area, before dismantling it.
Jericho
Israeli colonizers, many on horseback, invaded Fasayel village in the Central Plains and attacked the families to force them to leave.
Ramallah
Many military vehicles invaded Beit Ur at-Tahta town, west of Ramallah, before storming and ransacking many homes while interrogating the residents and inspecting their ID cards.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem resident Wissam al‑Qamiri was hospitalized after suffering a fracture in the third vertebra and underwent surgery, following an assault by Israeli forces who invaded his family home in the Bir Ayoub neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem last Wednesday.
His relatives said that Israeli forces violently beat Wissam during the invasion, causing a spinal injury, and also assaulted other members of the family inside the home.
The Bir Ayoub area of Silwan has witnessed repeated invasions and assaults by Israeli forces, including breaking into homes, physical attacks on residents, and escalating pressure on Palestinian families in the neighborhood.
