Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions and abductions across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, seizing dozens of Palestinians and escalating attacks on communities from Hebron to Bethlehem.
Local sources and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that heavily armed units invaded towns and refugee camps at dawn, abducting residents from their homes.
In Hebron, in the southern West Bank, ten Palestinians, including a child, were abducted. Eight Palestinians were also abducted from Askar refugee camp near Nablus in the north, eight from Bethlehem, four from Salfit in the central West Bank, two from Jenin in the north, and at least one from the Ramallah area in central West Bank. In Birzeit, near Ramallah, six young men were abducted after soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes.
In al‑Am‘ari refugee camp south of Ramallah, soldiers opened fire with live ammunition, wounding a 13‑year‑old child and a young man in the thigh before abducting others.
Furthermore, the soldiers stopped and searched dozens of Palestinian vehicles and interrogated residents while inspecting their ID cards at the Atara military roadblock, north of Ramallah, causing an extended traffic jam.
In Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank, soldiers stormed and ransacked homes during the invasions.
Israeli forces also installed cellular towers on the roof of a Palestinian home that had been seized and turned into a military outpost after its residents were forcibly evicted.
They also invaded the town of Al-Yamun, west of Jenin, before breaking into and searching homes.
At the same time, illegal paramilitary colonizers intensified assaults on Palestinian civilians.
In Nahhalin, west of Bethlehem, colonizers attacked farmer Yousef Abdul Rahman Shakarna, in his sixties, while he was plowing his land in the Jabal Banias area. Witnesses said the colonizers beat him before abducting him.
In Jerusalem, the soldiers invaded several communities and neighborhoods and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades in the town of Ar-Ram, north of the occupied city.
Also in Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Quds University in Abu Dis, east of the city, before storming and searching its mosque.
Colonizer violence also struck elsewhere. In al‑Marah village near Bethlehem, colonizers set fire to a house and vehicles.
In Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, colonizers from the illegal Susiya outpost attacked homes in the Wadi ar‑Rakhim Bedouin community with stones and Molotov cocktails, torching vehicles, and farm equipment.
These abductions and assaults form part of Israel’s daily campaign of invasions and forced displacement across the occupied West Bank. Rights groups emphasize that Palestinians are routinely seized without charge, while colonizer attacks proceed under military protection and near‑total impunity.
November alone saw more than 2,100 attacks by Israeli forces and colonizers, according to the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission. By escalating both military invasions and abductions, Israel continues to enforce a policy of intimidation and erasure, undermining Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank.
