Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions across the occupied West Bank on Friday, abducting Palestinians, breaking into homes, and issuing new military orders to seize privately owned land.
The incidents were reported in Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, occupied Jerusalem, Nablus in the northern West Bank, Salfit in the central West Bank, Ramallah in the central West Bank, and Tubas in the northeastern West Bank.
In the southern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the town of Al‑Khader, south of Bethlehem, where soldiers chased residents near the Grand Mosque and abducted four Palestinians after assaulting them.
Their identities were not immediately known. The army transferred the four abducted men to the ‘Aqabat Hasna area, located at the main entrance to the western rural region of Bethlehem.
In Hebron, in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces detained three brothers on Friday evening after illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked their home in Masafer Yatta, south of the city.
Activist Osama Makhmara said the colonizers targeted the Jabarin family in the Shu‘ab al-Batem area, released their sheep around the family’s homes, and assaulted them.
Occupation forces then invaded the area and detained the brothers Khalil, Muhannad, and Issa Is’haq Jabarin, instead of removing the assailing colonizers.
In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces invaded the town of Ar‑Ram, north of the city, triggering confrontations with residents. Local sources said soldiers were deployed at the Abu Shalbak junction, where they obstructed the movement of Palestinians and restricted access to the area.
In Nablus in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the eastern part of the city at dawn, broke into the home of former detainee Nidal Abu Rmeila in the Al‑Dahiya neighborhood, searched the property, and abducted him before confiscating his vehicle.
The army also invaded the Old Askar refugee camp east of Nablus, broke into several homes, and abducted two young men, Ammar Faraj Abu Sitta and Kamel Shehadeh Abu Khait.
In Jericho in the eastern West Bank, several Palestinians were injured when Israeli soldiers assaulted them during an invasion of the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp south of the city. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Jericho said its crews treated three Palestinians who were beaten by soldiers during the invasion.
In Salfit in the central West Bank, Israeli forces abducted a Palestinian from the town of Deir Istiya, northwest of the city. Local sources said the army seized Humam Yousef Suleiman Salman while he was attempting to repair his water meter, which had been destroyed the previous week by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers.
