Israeli occupation forces invaded several areas across the occupied West Bank, Friday, breaking into homes, abducting residents, amidst ongoing attacks and violations by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers who targeted Palestinian communities and infrastructure.
Media sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded Nablus in the northern West Bank before sunrise, broke into multiple homes, searched them, and vandalized their contents.
The soldiers abducted three residents: Awni Rajab Tawfiq al‑Sharif from the al‑Ma’ajin neighborhood, Hamza Abdul‑Rahman Banna from al‑Hajja Afifa Street, and Haitham al‑Masri from Asira Street.
On the southern outskirts of Nablus, illegal colonizers cut and destroyed electricity poles in the ath‑Thahra area near the town of Beita south of the city.
Local sources said colonizers attacked the area at dawn and deliberately sabotaged the power infrastructure. It was the fourth consecutive time colonizers damaged electricity poles in that area.
Later Friday, colonizers attacked Palestinian residents and international solidarity activists in the village of Jurish south of Nablus. Local sources said the colonizers assaulted the Palestinians and foreign activists while Israeli soldiers provided protection and fired stun grenades toward the residents.
In the Bethlehem area in the southern West Bank, colonizers destroyed the drinking‑water network and stole two water tanks in the village of al‑Maniya southeast of Bethlehem.
Ahmad Kawazba, head of the al‑Maniya village council, said colonizers invaded the al‑Manaq’a area between al‑Maniya and Kisan south of Bethlehem, destroyed the water lines that supply families from the al‑Aramin family, and seized two tanks.
He added that colonizer attacks have escalated in recent days, including breaking into homes, attacking residents, and attempts to run over Palestinians.
Israeli forces also invaded the city of Beit Sahour east of Bethlehem, breaking into the home of Elias Badra and searching it.
The soldiers then invaded the home of Ahmad Ra’fat Abu Qaddoum in the Hindaza area, vandalizing its contents. No abductions were reported in these incidents.
In the southern West Bank, several Palestinians sustained wounds and bruises when colonizers attacked the family of A’id Mar in Khirbet Mneizel east of Yatta south of Hebron in the southern West Bank.
Activist Osama Makhmara said armed colonizers assaulted the family and stole their flock of sheep. Israeli forces then invaded the area, assaulted residents, and abducted seven Palestinians.
In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli police shot a young man and abducted another in the Wadi al‑Joz neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem.
In the central West Bank, colonizers attacked the southern outskirts of the town of Sinjil north of Ramallah at dawn, setting agricultural fields on fire in the Tal al‑Baten area.
Local sources said colonizers opened live fire at residents who confronted them and forced them to withdraw. Israeli forces then invaded the area to protect the colonizers, firing live rounds and toxic gas at the Palestinians.
Israeli forces also invaded the village of Um Safa northwest of Ramallah, breaking into several homes, vandalizing their contents, and conducting field interrogations with residents, including in the home of Mohammad Hisham.
In related incidents, soldiers invaded the village of Kafr Malek and the town of Silwad east of Ramallah. In Kafr Malek, Israeli forces fired large quantities of gas canisters throughout the village, causing multiple fires that were later extinguished by civil defense crews. In Silwad, soldiers detained several youths in the streets and interrogated them in the field; no abductions were reported.
Furthermore, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Kafr Ein, northwest of Ramallah, leading to protests, before they fired gas bombs and concussion grenades.
This report covers some of the documented invasions, abductions, and violations reported and verified at the time of publication and cannot include all incidents due to the ongoing nature of these invasions.
