Israeli forces and illegal paramilitary colonizers escalated violations across the occupied West Bank on Thursday through widespread invasions, abductions, shootings, land confiscation, demolition orders, and attacks targeting Palestinians, their homes, farmland, and infrastructure.
Israeli soldiers abducted Palestinians during predawn military invasions across several governorates of the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem after storming and ransacking homes.
In Tubas governorate, in the northeastern West Bank, Israeli bulldozers buried three artesian water wells in Khirbet Ar-Ras Al-Ahmar, southeast of Tubas, destroyed their equipment, demolished a 300-meter water pipeline, and tore down three livestock structures.
The army also invaded Tammun town, southeast of Tubas, detaining and field-interrogating several Palestinians before releasing them.
In Jenin governorate, in the northern West Bank, soldiers abducted Bader As’ous from Kufeirat village, Eyad Ibrahim Kamel Housheya from Al-Yamun, and Qusay Moath Shawahna, Issa Khabbas, and Walid Ahed Jaradat from Silat Al-Harithiya.
In Tulkarem governorate, in the northwestern West Bank, the army abducted Mohammad Suleiman Ghanem and Sohaib Ammar Shehadeh after invading Anabta town. Soldiers also abducted Mohammad Fathi Sabah from Qaffin near the Barta’a junction.
In Anabta, soldiers remained in the town for about seven hours, ransacking homes, confiscating gold jewelry and mobile phones, and interrogating residents.
In Qalqilia governorate, in the northwestern West Bank, troops abducted Ziad Mohammad Obeid after invading his home in the Kafr Saba neighborhood and detained Ali Mahmoud A’mar after searching his home in Sanniriya village.
In Nablus governorate, in the northern West Bank, several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after soldiers invaded Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus, and fired large quantities of gas bombs and concussion grenades, igniting fires near several homes.
In Awarta, southeast of Nablus, soldiers forcibly removed the family of Ehab At-Tamouni from their home and converted it into a military outpost for three days.
In the Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate, in the central West Bank, Israeli authorities continued measures aimed at expanding colonial infrastructure and restricting Palestinian access to their land.
In Al-Bireh, the army seized 15.342 dunams of Palestinian land to establish a security road around the illegal Psagot colony, which was built on land belonging to Jabal At-Tawil, east of the city.
In Kafr Ni’ma village, west of Ramallah, the army ordered the demolition of an apartment belonging to imprisoned Palestinian Abdullah Mahmoud Al-Khatib, where his wife and children reside.
In Hebron governorate, in the southern West Bank, two Palestinian women and a 14-year-old girl were injured after Israeli soldiers opened fire on a civilian vehicle in Al-Karmil town, south of Hebron. The victims sustained wounds to the face and head.
In Bethlehem governorate, in the southern West Bank, soldiers abducted Deifallah Mosallam Rashaida from Rashaida village, east of Bethlehem, and Mohammad Daoud Abdo following an invasion of Sheikh Sa’ad village.
Israeli troops also invaded Beit Jala, Al-Khader, Za’tara, Dar Salah, Al-Ubeidiya, and Al-Shawawra, while installing a military roadblock east of Bethlehem, stopping vehicles, inspecting identification cards, and obstructing Palestinian movement.
Illegal paramilitary colonizers also intensified attacks against Palestinians and their property across the Bethlehem governorate.
Colonizers continued expanding a colonial outpost in the Osh Ghorab area, east of Beit Sahour, by transporting mobile homes to the site and raising Israeli flags throughout it.
Osh Ghorab is at the eastern side of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem. The site was a Jordanian military base that Israel seized in 1967 and subsequently used as an Israeli military base.
The Israeli army unilaterally vacated the base in 2006. The Beit Sahour municipality then began renovating the site and converted it into a public park for the local community.
Since then, Israeli soldiers and groups of illegal paramilitary colonizers have frequently invaded Osh Ghorab, demolished structures, bulldozed roads, and threatened to seize the site.
South of Bethlehem, colonizers invaded the Khallet An-Nahla area near Wadi Rahhal village and grazed their sheep near Palestinian homes. Crops and trees sustained extensive damage.
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In Kisan town, east of Bethlehem, colonizers attacked Palestinian vehicles with stones along the main road, striking Ziad Ghazal in the abdomen and damaging several vehicles.
In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli authorities delivered nearly 30 demolition notices targeting homes, agricultural facilities, walls, and livestock structures in Anata town, northeast of the city.
In villages northwest of occupied Jerusalem, the army tightened military restrictions on residents of Nabi Samuel, Beit Iksa, and the Al-Khalayla area, imposing new permit requirements and preventing some Palestinians from reaching their homes. Soldiers also closed the Beit Iksa military roadblock for more than six hours.
In the Shu’fat refugee camp, troops invaded the Ras Khamis neighborhood, stormed homes, and interrogated residents.
