Israeli occupation forces carried out extensive invasions across the occupied West Bank at dawn and throughout Thursday, breaking into homes, closing roads, and abducting Palestinians in Nablus, Jenin, Qalqilia, Salfit, Ramallah, Hebron, Bethlehem, and areas around occupied Jerusalem, as part of a broad escalation in military operations reported today.
Israeli forces invaded several neighborhoods in Nablus in the northern West Bank at dawn, deploying military vehicles into multiple parts of the city.
Soldiers broke into a home in the Tal‘at Abdul‑Rahim Mahmoud area of the Rafidia neighborhood, searched it, and abducted Sa’ad al‑Dawaya.
Troops also invaded the Askar al‑Balad, east of Nablus, stormed several homes, and abducted Ahmad Hussein Dweikat and Bashar Mansour.
Earlier, the army invaded the town of Tell southwest of Nablus, broke into homes, and searched them, though no abductions were reported there.
In the northern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the town of Ya‘bad south of Jenin on Thursday evening, breaking into several homes.
Local sources reported that the army had earlier closed roads between Ya‘bad and the nearby village of Zibda with earth mounds, severely restricting the movement of residents and vehicles.
Bulldozers also sealed multiple agricultural roads between Ya‘bad and Zibda and closed an internal road inside Zibda.
In Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank, soldiers invaded the village of Hajjah east of the city, closed roads, and broke into and searched several homes.
In Salfit in the central West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the town of az‑Zawiya west of the city, broke into multiple homes, and abducted Ramzi Jamil Fares Shuqeir.
Residents reported that soldiers ransacked several houses belonging to the families of Shawqi Shafiq, Jaber Abdul‑Karim Shuqeir, Mohanna Misbah Shuqeir, and Jamil Fares Shuqeir, and stole a sum of money from one of the homes.
In the central West Bank, Israeli forces also invaded the town of Turmus Ayya north of Ramallah.
In a separate incident, soldiers fired large quantities of tear gas toward homes during an invasion of the village of al‑Mughayyer east of Ramallah, causing suffocation among residents.
In Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, the army closed the main western entrance of Za‘tara east of the city with concrete blocks near the ‘Osh Ghorab area, cutting access to Beit Sahour and central Bethlehem. The road had previously been sealed with a metal gate since October 2023 and was intermittently reopened.
In Hebron in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the town of Doura southwest of the city, stormed homes in the Sinjar area, and abducted Suhaib Ma’moun al‑Sharabati and Basel Husam Farah after searching their homes and ransacking their contents.
The soldiers also imposed curfew in Hebron, forcing the Palestinians under house arrest, while more forced were deployed across the city.
In the town of Bani Na‘im east of Hebron in the southern West Bank, Israeli soldiers detained dozens of young Palestinian men, forced them against a wall, interrogated them, and inspected their ID cards before releasing them.
Meanwhile, severe traffic congestion was reported at the Abu Shalbak roundabout in the town of ar‑Ram north of occupied Jerusalem due to Israeli military procedures at the Qalandia military roadblock, which continues to restrict movement for thousands of Palestinians.
