Israeli forces carried out multiple invasions across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, breaking into homes, abducting Palestinians, and allowing illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers to escalate attacks and land‑seizure efforts in several communities.
In Hebron in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the area of Masafer Yatta and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Hamouda Hamdan Al‑Hreini and Qassam Nimer Al‑Hreini.
Local sources reported that illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers assaulted an international activist who was documenting their attacks in the scattered villages and hamlets of Masafer Yatta.
Media activist Osama Makhamra said the colonizers released their sheep into agricultural lands and around Palestinian homes in the village of Susiya, destroying crops and damaging cultivated fields.
Earlier in the day, colonizers erected tents and livestock enclosures in the area of Itweil Al‑Sheikh in Masafer Yatta as part of preparations to establish a new colonial outpost.
Makhamra added that the colonizers brought a flock of sheep and released it to graze on Palestinian‑owned land and crops and also seized a water well in an effort to take control of the area.
Also in Hebron, Israeli forces invaded several neighborhoods in the town of Doura, broke into the home of Mohammad Abdul‑Aziz Al‑Raja’i, searched it extensively, and abducted him.
Soldiers left threatening leaflets around the home, warning residents of further abductions under the pretext of what the army calls “incitement” on social media.
In Nablus in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the Balata refugee camp east of the city, where undercover forces had first infiltrated the neighborhood of Schools Street.
After surrounding the area and bringing in additional military reinforcements, soldiers broke into the home of Atta Hanoun, damaged its contents, and abducted him. Israeli forces also invaded the town of Beit Furik east of Nablus.
In Jenin in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the village of Jalboun, deployed foot patrols through its streets and alleyways, and broke into several homes, searching them and ransacking their contents.
In Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the town of Deir Al‑Ghusoun and abducted two Palestinians, identified as Abdul‑Karim Khalayla and Ahmad Hassan Al‑Khader, after breaking into their homes.
In the city of Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank, soldiers abducted former political prisoner Mahmoud Al‑Kharouf after invading his home in the Shreim neighborhood.
In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces abducted a young man, Abdul‑Rahman Rayyan, after breaking into his home in the town of Beit Duqqu northwest of the city.
Soldiers also abducted two Palestinians near the town of Al‑‘Eizariya southeast of occupied Jerusalem after stopping their vehicle at the town’s entrance and searching it.
Later in the evening, Israeli forces abducted Hassan Khalil Al‑‘Oweidat from the town of Bir Nabala northwest of occupied Jerusalem following a military invasion of the area.
The soldiers also invaded the town of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, closed streets in various neighborhoods and initiated searches.
Towns and villages northwest of occupied Jerusalem continue to experience repeated invasions involving storming home, violent searches, field interrogations, and abductions.
In Ramallah in the central West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the cities of Ramallah and Al‑Bireh, the Jalazoun refugee camp, and the town of Kobar.
Soldiers abducted photographer Abdul‑Karim Al‑‘Alami after breaking into his home in Beitunia west of Ramallah, and also abducted Mohammad Mahmoud Masoud At‑Tirawi, 47, after invading his home in the Jalazoun refugee camp.
During the same operations, soldiers detained several Palestinians, subjected them to field interrogation, and held another resident during an invasion of the Umm Al‑Sharayet neighborhood in Al‑Bireh.
Israeli forces also invaded the village of Beitillu northwest of Ramallah, broke into the home of Mohammad Nader Ziyada, and searched it, though no abductions were reported.
In Tubas in the northeastern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted Owais Abdul‑Hadi Ahmad Jaber from the village of Al‑‘Aqaba after invading the area on Tuesday evening.
