Israeli soldiers and colonizers carried out attacks and other violations across the occupied West Bank on Monday, including invasions, abductions, demolitions, land bulldozing, property seizures, and attacks against Palestinian communities. The reported incidents resulted in injuries, forced displacement, and extensive damage to homes, agricultural lands, and civilian property.
In Qalandia refugee camp north of occupied Jerusalem, Israeli police abducted Mohammad Maher Al-Shu’ani and Laith Abu Aish. They also pursued and abducted a third Palestinian, whose identity was not immediately known, in the area between Qalandia refugee camp and the town of Ar-Ram.
Israeli forces sealed entrances and exits to the area and fired tear gas canisters, causing severe traffic congestion.
Israeli soldiers also invaded the Qalandia Vocational Training Institute for Refugees, operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), north of occupied Jerusalem, and deployed throughout the facility.
Before the Qalandia incidents, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir invaded the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque under military protection.
According to the Jerusalem Governorate, Ben Gvir led groups of colonizers into the holy site. The invasions took place amid heightened military measures throughout the Old City and at the gates leading to the mosque.
Today, far-right Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed the Al-Aqsa compound in occupied Jerusalem.
Addressing settlers, he vowed to push for full Jewish prayer access at Islam’s third-holiest site and declared that the so-called Third Temple would eventually be built there… pic.twitter.com/YMyPcUelFl
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 31, 2026
Separately, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that approximately 45,000 Palestinian students from occupied East Jerusalem are expected to study the Israeli curriculum during the upcoming academic year. The figure represents about 38 percent of the nearly 120,000 Palestinian students in occupied East Jerusalem.
In Ramallah in the central West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the villages of Deir Dibwan and Yabrud east of the city and deployed throughout several neighborhoods.
Soldiers also established a military roadblock at the entrance to Al-Mughayyir village northeast of Ramallah. They stopped vehicles and inspected identification documents, significantly disrupting movement. Additional invasions were carried out in Sinjil, Shuqba, Qibya, and Shabtin.
In Birzeit, north of Ramallah, Israeli bulldozers demolished two inhabited four-story residential buildings belonging to Karim Salama Al-Nabali. Each floor measured approximately 250 square meters.
In Burqa, east of Ramallah, a Palestinian woman and her child were injured after colonizers, under the protection of Israeli soldiers, attacked the village.
Alon-Lee Green is the national co-director of Standing Together, a Jewish-Arab social movement that campaigns for social justice in Israel and Palestine.
He says the recent escalating violence in the occupied West Bank is a tool to gain votes ahead of the Israeli elections. pic.twitter.com/d0pRlWSU4m
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 31, 2026
Village Council head Sayel Kanaan said colonizers attacked an agricultural structure east of the village and assaulted a woman in her fifties with clubs and stones, causing head wounds and bruises. Her ten-year-old child suffered breathing difficulties after colonizers sprayed pepper spray into his face.
The colonizers also broke into a home in the eastern part of the village, assaulted women and children inside, and vandalized the property. Israeli soldiers later arrived and detained several Palestinian youths while providing protection for the attackers.
Another group of colonizers reportedly approached the village from the western side and attempted to set fire to a vehicle-repair facility and a sheep shelter.
In a separate incident, a Palestinian Christian family said it was forced to leave its home in Taybeh village, east of Ramallah, following months of attacks and threats by Israeli colonizers.
Homeowner Bashir Naim Konah said colonizers had repeatedly targeted the area surrounding the house since May 2026, escalating from harassment and verbal abuse to physical assaults, vandalism, theft attempts, and property destruction.
He said colonizers recently broke into the home before dawn, stole surveillance cameras, cut internet lines and fencing, and released livestock onto the family’s agricultural land.
Konah said the attacks created an atmosphere of fear that compelled the family to leave the property only one week after moving in. He noted that construction of the house took seven years and cost more than one million shekels, and that all required permits had been obtained.
In Nablus in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted Fateh Al-Ashqar near the municipal stadium during a military operation in the city. Soldiers later abducted Qusai Al-Hashash after invading and searching a café in Balata refugee camp east of Nablus.
Israeli forces, accompanied by a military bulldozer, demolished a two-story home owned by Omar Saad, with each floor measuring 200 square meters. Soldiers also demolished a three-story building under construction belonging to Fadi Nasser, with each floor measuring approximately 200 square meters.
In Jenin in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted Mohammad Kamil of Qabatia while he was passing through a military roadblock established near the entrance to Arranah village northeast of the city.
Soldiers also closed the main road between Al-Bustan Roundabout and the entrance to Aaba village and broke into several homes during an invasion of Meithalun south of Jenin.
Reports indicated that Israeli authorities established a new colony named “Noa” south of the colonies of Ganim and Kadim, which are built on Palestinian lands southeast of Jenin.
In Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted Dr. Bara’ Bodeir after invading his home in the eastern suburb of Thannaba. Soldiers also invaded Saida north of Tulkarem, where they broke into a commercial shop, detained several young men, and interrogated them before releasing them.
Additional invasions were reported in Illar and Attil, where soldiers obstructed traffic and fired tear gas toward residents.
In Tubas in the northeastern West Bank, Israeli forces detained Ziad Abdul Karim Fuqaha in the Al-Hamma community for a period of time and seized his agricultural tractor.
In the Jericho and Jordan Valley area, Israeli soldiers invaded Aqabat Jabr refugee camp south of Jericho, pursued young Palestinians in the Schools neighborhood, and fired sound bombs. No injuries were reported.
Israeli bulldozers uprooted and leveled agricultural land belonging to Mohammad Awajna and his family in the Airport area east of Jericho.
In Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar and deployed throughout several neighborhoods.
Colonizers stole agricultural gates from lands in the Abu Njeim and Khalayel Al-Louz areas southeast of the city.
In Al-Minya village south of Bethlehem, colonizers released sheep onto farmland owned by Yasser Aramin in the Jamla area. Additional colonizers began fencing land near a colonial outpost established on Jabal Al-Qarn in Al-Minya. The activity appeared intended to seize more Palestinian land and establish a new presence on the ground.
Farther south, in Hebron, Israeli soldiers abducted Rajab Zighan and his son, Omar, from their home after invading the property and ransacking its contents.
