Israeli forces continued their illegal theft of Palestinian land by force, as well as attacking Palestinians and their property throughout the West Bank on Sunday.
Israeli occupation forces shot and wounded a Palestinian in the town of Ar-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its crews treated a 38-year-old who was injured by live bullets in his foot near the apartheid wall and expansion in Al-Ram and transferred him to the hospital.
On Sunday, the Israeli occupation municipal government in Jerusalem forced Palestinian citizen Muhammad Abdel Raouf Abu Teir to self-demolish his house in the village of Umm Tuba, under the pretext of building without a permit.
The Jerusalem Governorate reported that the family who were forced to destroy their home consists of a husband, wife, and their five children, in addition to the husband’s parents, and the area of the home is about 100 square meters, and it was built in 2014. The Israeli occupation imposed fines of 45,000 shekels on the family for building their home.
Also on Sunday, Jerusalemite citizen Muhammad Omar Mashhara evacuated his house in the town of Sur Baher, south of Jerusalem, in preparation for its self-demolition, following the Israeli occupation municipality’s decision to demolish the house under the pretext of building without a permit.
The Jerusalem Governorate reported that the house covers an area of approximately 110 square meters and is inhabited by Mashahra, his wife, and their four children. It was built in 2018.
The Israeli occupation municipality imposed fines of 70,000 shekels on Mashhara, as he received the demolition decision a month ago, before re-notifying him two days ago of the necessity of carrying out the demolition immediately.
The Israeli occupation authorities frequently force citizens in the occupied city of Jerusalem to demolish their homes themselves under the pretext of not having a license, and those who refuse to have the occupation bulldozers demolish the house, and heavy fines are imposed on the owner and the costs of demolition.
The Jerusalem Governorate confirmed that the self-demolition policy comes within a systematic plan targeting the Palestinian presence in the city, and aims to forcibly displace residents and oppress them, especially in the neighborhoods surrounding the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli forces launched invasions of a number of areas in the West Bank on Sunday, in what has been a daily occurrence since the beginning of the second intifada in September of 2000.
An Israeli army force stormed Al-Bireh, sparking clashes in which soldiers fired live ammunition at civilians, with no injuries reported. Israeli occupation forces raided a number of homes in the city and seized surveillance camera recordings.
The Al-Baidar human rights organization said, Sunday evening, that colonists stormed the Abu Fazza gathering in the Karmelo area, east of the Palestinian Christian town of Taybeh, which has become a target of Israeli colonizers in recent months.
The organization explained that the Israeli colonists brought sheep and camels to the site, in a move believed to be a prelude to establishing a colonial outpost within the community.
These movements raise Palestinian residents’ fears that Israel is trying to establish a new colonial outpost, and threaten their stability and sources of livelihood, especially in light of the increasing attacks by Israeli colonialists on Palestinian communities in rural areas.
Israeli paramilitary settler colonizers uprooted around 1000 olive trees in the Turmus Ayya plain north of Ramallah. The uprooting of olive trees is a repeated pattern of settler attacks, where hundreds of trees are destroyed daily across various areas of the West Bank.
These acts cut off Palestinian families’ livelihoods and are often accompanied by assaults on farmers and theft of property, with the aim of forcing Palestinians into displacement.
Also Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces delivered a notification ordering the seizure of 11 dunums of Palestinian citizens’ land in the Musafir Yatta area, south of Hebron.
Local peace activist Osama Makhamra said that the so-called “Administration and Organization Department” of the Israeli occupation, accompanied by armed soldiers, handed over to the people the notification targeting areas of land near the “Afihail” Israeli colony, which was established on stolen Palestinian citizens’ lands about three years ago.
He added that the colony witnessed a noticeable expansion during the recent period, which included hundreds of dunums, during which Palestinian citizens were expelled and prevented from reaching their adjacent lands.
Makhamra pointed out that these measures come within the framework of ongoing Israeli colonial plans in the region, as the Israeli occupation authorities continue to build new roads adjacent to the colony in the areas of Al-Rakiz and East Shaab Al-Batm, in addition to a previous decision to seize an old street extending from Wadi Ma’in towards East Shaab Al-Batm.
He explained that these measures have prevented Palestinian citizens from using the road, and caused the closure of a number of population centers in Musafir Yatta, which increases the suffering of residents and restricts their movement.
Israeli soldiers and settlers stormed the Old City of Hebron on 2 May 2026, closing roads and shops and expelling journalists from the area.
Israeli occupation forces detained Palestinian Ihab Ali al-Faroukh while storming Beit Einun area of Sa’ir, northeast of occupied Hebron.
Quds News reports that a senior Israeli military commander has openly acknowledged that Israeli forces apply different rules when dealing with Jewish and Palestinian stone-throwers in the occupied West Bank. The remarks, reported by Haaretz, expose further details about Israel’s routine killing of dozens of Palestinian children, often on accusations of stone-throwing.
According to the report, Major General Avi Bluth, head of Israel’s Central Command, admitted that soldiers do not immediately open fire on Jewish individuals who throw stones due to what he described as “sociological implications.” In contrast, native Palestinians face far harsher measures under the same circumstances.
Bluth made the comments during a closed forum, where he outlined recent changes to the army’s open-fire regulations. He said the military has expanded its authority to use live fire against native Palestinians, particularly those accused of attempting to cross the separation barrier. He said that soldiers can now carry out arrest procedures that include shooting at the lower body, specifically “from the knee down,” in order to create what he called a “deterrent consciousness.”
He pointed to the visible consequences of this policy in Palestinian villages. “There are many ‘limping monuments’ in villages,” Bluth said, referring to Palestinians who sustained permanent injuries after being shot while allegedly trying to cross the barrier. He framed these injuries as a deliberate signal meant to impose a “price” on such actions.
Bluth went further by highlighting the scale of lethal force used by Israeli troops. “We are killing like we haven’t killed since 1967,” he said boasting, referencing the year of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. His statement underscores a sharp escalation in the use of deadly force in recent months.
