Israeli occupation forces continued their violations across several areas of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, including invasions, abductions, military roadblocks, and attacks targeting Palestinian civilians and property.
In Tulkarem, in northwestern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted two Palestinians from the Shweika suburb, north of the city.
Local sources reported that the soldiers stormed the area and abducted former political prisoners Ahmad Sa’id Salah and Ahmad al‑Sheikh Ghanem after breaking into and searching their homes.
In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces invaded Qalandia refugee camp, north of the city, and abducted Yazan Fadel al‑Rajabi after storming and ransacking his family home.
In Bethlehem, Israeli forces installed a military roadblock at the main entrance of Jouret ash‑Sham’a, south of the city.
Locals said the soldiers stopped Palestinian vehicles, searched them, and inspected the identity cards of residents, causing extended traffic delays.
Later in the evening, Israeli forces invaded the town of al‑Khader, also south of Bethlehem, and deployed in the at‑Tal area of the old town.
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During the invasion, the soldiers fired tear‑gas canisters and stun grenades at Palestinians celebrating Eid al‑Adha, causing several cases of inhalation.
In related news, Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions across several West Bank districts at dawn Thursday, storming homes, assaulting residents, and abducting numerous Palestinians.
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Among those taken were six Palestinians in Hebron, including women and children. Meanwhile, Israeli colonizers—escorted by soldiers—stormed Islamic shrines in the village of ‘Awarta, near Nablus.
These incidents occurred alongside escalating attacks by illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers and soldiers in other parts of the West Bank, including Masafer Yatta, where assaults on residents and property were documented earlier in the day.
The violations reported Thursday reflect the ongoing pattern of military incursions, arbitrary abductions, movement restrictions, and colonizer violence documented across the occupied West Bank, carried out under full military protection, and in violation of international law and UN resolutions.
