Israeli occupation forces launched many invasions across the occupied West Bank at dawn on Sunday, abducting at least 18 Palestinians after the soldiers broke into and ransacked dozens of homes from the northern towns of Tulkarem, Nablus, and Qalqilia to the southern city of Hebron.
In northwestern Tulkarem, seven residents were abducted following violent home invasions in the towns of Allar and Saida.
Among them were former detainees and family members, including Mujahid Burhan Shadeed, Mohammad Sultan Mallah, Tha’er Zain Al-Ashqar, and Ibrahim Walid Raddad. Homes were ransacked and residents subjected to aggressive searches.
Simultaneously, armored military vehicles stormed villages across Nablus governorate, in northern West Bank, including Sebastia, Azmut, Beit Furik, Urif, Qusra, and Tell, where five more Palestinians were abducted, including three former prisoners.
Occupation troops vandalized homes and seized Qubeiba Abdul-Karim Azem, Musab Mleihat, and Hussam Al-Din Adnan Shtayyeh, among others.
In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the Kafr Saba neighborhood, deploying snipers and firing live rounds, stun grenades, and tear gas indiscriminately. Though no abductions were reported, the incursion lasted nearly two hours, and left residents traumatized.
Further south, four Palestinians were abducted in Bethlehem, and two more in Hebron and nearby Dura. The invasions included home raids, gas attacks, and intelligence summons, underscoring the ongoing military grip over Palestinian life under occupation.
In related news, illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers hurled stones at a Palestinian car, owned by Mohammad Yasser Snobar, in Atara town, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing damage.
The colonizers shattered the windshield on the car, before assaulting the driver, stealing his mobile phone and some case, before fleeing.
The colonizers came from the illegal outpost they installed on stolen Palestinian land in Atara, on August 11.
