Israeli forces invaded towns and refugee camps across the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, abducting 12 Palestinians, demolishing a memorial, seizing an aid truck, closing roads and issuing an order to remove trees and vegetation from Palestinian land. Illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers also assaulted residents, attacked homes and vehicles, poisoned livestock and prevented herders from grazing, according to Palestinian sources.
In Tulkarem, in the northwestern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted three former political prisoners: Baha’ Shadid, 48, after breaking into his home in the city’s northern al-Aqsa neighborhood; Nidal Abu Hilal, 55, from Nur Shams refugee camp; and Sa’ad Ahmad Mousa Qassem from his home in Ektaba suburb, east of the city.
Israeli forces stormed and ransacked homes across the governorate, and detained residents for questioning.
In the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin, forces abducted Ahmad Mamoun Najm from his family’s home in Siris village, south of Jenin.
In Aqqaba, in the northeastern West Bank governorate of Tubas, Israeli forces abducted six Palestinians, including five brothers, after breaking into their homes, said Kamal Bani Odah, head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society office in Tubas.
The brothers were identified as Tareq, Taha, Jamal, Jalal and Asaad Hassan Ghannam. The sixth person was Mahmoud Suleiman Abu Arah.
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In the northeastern West Bank governorate of Tubas, colonizers accompanied by Israeli forces prevented residents from grazing their livestock near their tents in the northern Khirbet Yarza community, east of Tubas. Local sources said the community faces repeated incursions that residents view as an effort to pressure them to leave.
In addition, Israeli forces seized a Norwegian Refugee Council aid truck as its crew delivered sanitation units to residents of Khirbet Makhoul in the northern Jordan Valley, said Mahdi Daraghma, head of the al-Maleh village council.
Three Palestinians were injured in colonizer attacks. In Burqa, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, colonizers beat a 14-year-old boy and his 47-year-old father as they were heading to harvest olives.
The boy, Omar Khattab Samarin, said about 10 masked colonizers chased them, threw stones at them and beat them with sticks until both lost consciousness. Local sources later said the father sustained deep head wounds and bleeding in the brain and was admitted to intensive care.
In Atara, north of Ramallah, a 67-year-old man was injured when colonizers beat him during an attack on the town, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said. Hundreds of colonizers also attacked Atara before dawn and in the morning, assaulting residents, attacking four homes and damaging three vehicles, according to local sources cited by the Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Residents confronted the attackers, who then withdrew. Israeli forces invaded the town as the attack began, closed its entrances and fired tear gas before withdrawing.
Israeli forces also invaded Turmus Ayya with a bulldozer and demolished a memorial to Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and colonizers.
Forces also closed the entrances to Nabi Saleh and Aboud, northwest of Ramallah, preventing vehicles from entering or leaving. The closures affected access to nearby villages, including Beit Rima, Deir Ghassana, Kafr Ein and Qarawat Bani Zeid, as well as Salfit and nearby villages in the central West Bank.
In Wadi al-Shaer, between Lubban al-Sharqiya village in the northern West Bank and Salfit in the central West Bank, colonizers seized a vehicle after attacking its passengers. They also damaged several vehicles belonging to Lubban al-Sharqiya residents traveling toward Salfit.
In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces abducted Mousa Askar during an invasion of Hizma, northeast of the city, the Jerusalem Governorate said.
Israeli forces also detained Hatem Abdul-Qader, secretary-general of the Islamic-Christian Commission in Support of Jerusalem and its Holy Sites and a member of Fatah’s Revolutionary Council.
They questioned him for about four hours at the al-Moskobiyya detention center before releasing him. The stated reason was that he had engaged in activities that “undermine” Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem.
In the southern West Bank governorate of Bethlehem, the soldiers abducted Hamza Khaled Mustafa Abed Rabbu from Dheisheh refugee camp. There, forces also damaged the contents of the “Prisoners and Martyrs Hall” and removed pictures of the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, according to a security source.
Israeli forces also invaded Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, and fired live ammunition in the al-Deeriya neighborhood. No injuries were reported.
At the Container military roadblock northeast of Bethlehem, forces detained three young men, made them sit on the ground and ordered them to keep their hands on their heads for an extended period.
In the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, Israeli authorities issued a military order to remove wild plants and almond trees from 37.782 dunams of land in Dura and Tarqumiya, along a route measuring 7,558 meters, the Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission said.
The order, numbered 139/26, was signed by the Israeli military commander on October 28, 2026, and cited “security measures.” It covers several areas in Dura and land in Tarqumiya.
The soldiers also invaded al-Fawwar refugee camp, al-Rihiya village and Beit Ummar, firing live ammunition and stun grenades. No injuries or further abductions were reported.
Forces also invaded the agricultural research laboratory at al-Arroub College for a second consecutive day, breaking doors that had been repaired after the previous day’s invasion. In Khirbet at-Tibban in Masafer Yatta, soldiers searched Nasser Abu Obeid’s home, damaged its contents and surveillance cameras, and held family members outside.
In the northeastern West Bank governorate of Jericho, 13 sheep died and others were poisoned after colonizers sprayed toxic substances in an area west of al-Auja, north of Jericho.
The flock’s owner, Suleiman Malihat, told WAFA that a veterinarian examined the animals and determined the cause of the deaths and injuries.
