Updated: Earlier Saturday at dawn, Israeli occupation forces invaded the town of Tammun, south of Tubas in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank, storming several homes and abducting four Palestinian residents, including a mother, in addition to abducting two Palestinians in Nablus and one in Qalqilia, in the northern West Bank.
Local sources confirmed that a large convoy of military vehicles invaded the town, encircling key neighborhoods and imposing lockdowns.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) in Tubas reported that soldiers stormed multiple homes, conducted aggressive searches, and abducted four individuals: Hosni Ali Bani Odah, Mizar Qassem Bani Odah, Mohammad Hosni Bani Matar, and Soha Bani Odah.
The PPS stated that Soha Bani Odah was taken hostage in a coercive tactic aimed at pressuring her son to turn himself in.
The practice of detaining family members as bargaining chips has been widely criticized by human rights organizations for its violation of international law and ethical norms.
The incursion as part of a broader escalation in military violations across the West Bank, marked by increased arbitrary detentions and collective punishment.
In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, several military vehicles invaded the city before the soldiers stormed and violently searched homes, and abducted a young man, Abboud Al-Balbisi.
In Qalqilia, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded several areas in the city, searched homes and abducted one Palestinian.
On Friday night, Israeli soldiers shot a young Palestinian man in Beit Duqqu town, northwest of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
Also, Israeli occupation forces illegally confiscated Palestinian agricultural land in the village of Thaher al-Abed, located in the southern region of Jenin governorate in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, as part of colonialist expansions.
Earlier Friday, the paramilitary Israeli colonizers launched a series of violent attacks in the northern occupied West Bank, targeting residential areas and other property in and around Nablus.
On Friday evening, Israeli colonizers and soldiers invaded the outskirts of Douma town, south of Nablus, leading to protests, before the army fired many live rounds.
Also Friday, Israeli colonizers burned six residential barracks in the Arab Mleihat community, northwest of Jericho in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank.
On Thursday evening, illegal Israeli colonizers carried out several attacks against Palestinians and their properties in the governorates of Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem, and Salfit, causing damage. In Ramallah, occupation forces providing protection for the colonizers, opened fire towards Palestinians, shooting a young man.
At dawn on Thursday, Israeli soldiers and illegal paramilitary colonizers invaded the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central part, resulting in the death of a Palestinian man following a series of violations by the colonizers, who torched homes and cars.
Since the beginning of this year, colonizers violations have escalated significantly, with 2,153 documented assaults.
These attacks have resulted in the killing of four Palestinian civilians and included armed invasions, arson targeting residential homes, live fire against unarmed residents, the establishment of colonialist outposts, illegal land grabs, and organized assaults on infrastructure and vehicles.
The most violent incidents were recorded recently in Kafr Malik, Al-Mughayyir, Beita, and Sinjil, reflecting an increasingly coordinated pattern of aggression.
Since the beginning of the year, Israeli forces and colonizers have killed 191 Palestinian citizens, in the occupied West Bank, including 37 children and 6 women.
Occupation forces have killed 65 Palestinians in Jenin, 33 in Nablus, 27 in Tubas, 17 in Tulkarem, 15 in Hebron, 12 in Ramallah, 9 in Bethlehem, 5 in Jerusalem, 4 in Qalqilia, 3 in Salfit, and 1 in Jericho.
