Israeli forces carried out pre-dawn invasions throughout the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, as they have done every morning since the second intifada began in September 2000. In addition to abducting many Palestinians, they also injured several people, terrorized neighborhoods and stormed homes and businesses, causing damage.
Jenin:
The Israeli occupation army continues its aggression against the town of Qabatia, south of Jenin, for the third day in a row.
Local sources said that occupation aircraft are constantly flying over the town, firing heavy live ammunition in open areas and in the mountains.
The occupation army has continued to impose a curfew in the town since Tuesday evening, while the occupation army deployed in the town’s streets launches invasions of citizens’ homes, forcing residents to leave, and converting some of them into military barracks.
The occupation forces closed the entrances to the town and some of its side streets, and forced shop owners to close.
The occupation forces detained a large number of citizens, took them to investigation centers set up in the town, interrogated them, and assaulted a number of them.
The Prisoners Club said that since Tuesday evening, the occupation forces have been launching a massive campaign of arrests and detentions in the town, without knowing the number of detainees so far due to the continued aggression.
An Israeli army helicopter opens machine gunfire indiscriminately over the town of Qabatia, north of the occupied West Bank, amid an ongoing Israeli military offensive in the area:
In a pre-dawn invasion Wednesday, Israeli occupation forces abducted a Palestinian citizen from the village of Anza, south of Jenin.
Local sources said that the occupation forces abducted the young man, Ibrahim Al-Amour, after storming his house in the village before dawn today.
Nablus:
A citizen suffered bruises today, Wednesday, after the Israeli occupation forces attacked him on Al-Quds Street in the city of Nablus.
Director of the Red Crescent Ambulance and Emergency Center in Nablus, Brigadier General Ahmed, said that ambulance crews transported a citizen (57 years old) to the hospital, after occupation soldiers beat him during an invasion of his house on Al-Quds Street, south of Nablus.
The Israeli occupation forces abducted four citizens from the city of Nablus before dawn on Wednesday.
Security sources reported to WAFA that the Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-Ain camp, west of the city, and arrested citizen Salim Mahmoud Jibril, while they invaded several homes in the Al-Makhfia and Al-Ittihad neighborhoods and abducted: Maan Al-Akkad, Saher Hamdan, and Hassan Ayed Bakr Mansour.
Israeli occupation forces abduct and blindfold Palestinian Saher Hamdan while storming the Makhfiya neighborhood in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank:
Tulkarem:
The Israeli occupation forces strengthened their deployment in the center of Tulkarem overnight, as they continue their aggression against the city and its two camps for the 310th consecutive day.
A Wafa news correspondent reported that infantry teams and military vehicles roamed the vegetable market area, the vicinity of the Martyr Thabet Thabet Roundabout and Jamal Abdel Nasser Square, where they stopped vehicles, checked the identities of citizens, and subjected a number of them to field interrogation, without any arrests being reported.
This coincided with the sound of heavy gunfire from inside Tulkarem camp, in addition to the occupation forces firing light bombs from inside the camp, on which the occupation continues to impose a tight siege.
Salfit:
Israeli forces released two women from the Abu Atiya family near the entrance of Bruqin town west of Salfit, after abducting them the previous night from their home on the al‑Matwi road linking Salfit and Bruqin.
Soldiers had invaded the house overnight, abducted the women, and took them to an undisclosed location.
The Abu Atiya home lies in an area of constant military and colonizer presence, where occupation forces previously raised Israeli flags on the exterior walls and surrounding property.
Israeli occupation forces also detained three Palestinian women near the town of Zawiya in the central West Bank:
Ramallah:
On Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the village of Al-Madiyah, west of Ramallah.
Security sources reported to WAFA that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the village and deployed military vehicles through its streets, without any arrests or clashes being reported.
Bethlehem:
Israeli forces abducted three Palestinians, including an elderly man, in various parts of Bethlehem Governorate.
Media sources reported that soldiers seized Khader Elias Ballout (60) from Beit Jala west of Bethlehem, Issa Mohammad al‑Hreimi (26) from Abu Njeim southeast of Bethlehem, and former political prisoner Mohammad Ibrahim Obeyyat from Wadi Abu Freiha east of the city, after invading their homes, breaking into, and ransacking them.
The occupation army also closed the Container checkpoint, northwest of Bethlehem, located on the Wadi al‑Nar road that connects the
Hebron:
In Hebron, in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted three Palestinians and detained dozens more in Hebron Governorate. Security sources said the abducted were Mo’taz al‑Ja’ba from Hebron city, Fadi Mousa Ghneimat, and Qassem Ali al‑Qadi from the town of Surif northwest of Hebron.
During the invasion of Surif, the soldiers broke into and ransacked many homes, detaining dozens of residents and subjecting them to field interrogations.
The army also invaded the towns of Dura and Yatta south of Hebron, breaking into several homes, searching them, and vandalizing their contents, though no abductions were reported.
Israeli occupation forces detained and blindfolded multiple Palestinian civilians while storming the town of Surif, forcing them into a sports arena:
