Israeli soldiers and illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out numerous invasions across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, October 9, 2025, targeting Palestinian civilians, homes, farmland, and infrastructure.
The day included the abduction of dozens of Palestinians, among them a young woman, and followed the killing of Jihad Mohammad Ajaj, 26, by illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers in Ramallah (central West Bank) the previous day. At least five others were shot, and widespread land seizures and violent assaults were reported from Bethlehem and Hebron to Tubas, Salfit, and the Jordan Valley.
In Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers abducted Rida Abdul-Karim Zaddouq, 35, from his home on Saff Street in the city center, and Mohammad Nasser Jubran, 22, from his home in the Hindaza area east of the city.
In the northern Jordan Valley, approximately 20 colonizers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, invaded Al-Hadidiya, assaulted residents, and injured a Palestinian woman.
Soldiers abducted three brothers—Yusri, Qusay, and Luay Abdul-Mahdi Al-Salamin—as part of a broader campaign to dismantle Bedouin communities and expand colonial control over grazing lands.
In Ramallah, soldiers abducted former political prisoner Liyan Nasser while she was attending a court hearing at the Ofer Israeli military court.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) confirmed that Liyan had previously been imprisoned twice and was released in December 2024. Her abduction marks the third time she has been detained.
Israel is currently holding 53 female Palestinian detainees, including two children and three women from Gaza.
In al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah, Israeli bulldozers carved roads to connect illegal colonies while the village was placed under siege. Seven residents were abducted, including a 12-year-old child.
Olive trees were uprooted, and access was denied to medical teams and press. Of the original 43,000 dunums of village land, only 980 remain accessible.
In Deir Sharaf, near Nablus (northern West Bank), soldiers detained Khaled Azem, beat him, and forced him to say “I love Israel.”
In Nablus city, soldiers stormed and ransacked several homes before abducting Jihad Eyad Ahmad from Asira Street and Mohammad Lubbada from Hawwash Street.
In Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, soldiers ransacked homes and abducted three Palestinians: Ahmad Qar’an, Abdullah Qar’an, and Tala Hani Abu Rezeq.
In Tulkarem (northwestern West Bank), soldiers abducted Laith Bassam Attili from his home in Attil town, north of the city.
In Tubas and Tammun (northeastern West Bank), Israeli forces invaded multiple areas, shooting two young men in the lower limbs and abducting four others.
Military bulldozers razed roads and forced several families to evacuate their homes. The invasion of al-Far’a refugee camp continued into the morning hours, with soldiers deploying foot patrols and storming homes.
In Salfit (central West Bank), illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers assaulted Mahmoud Abdul Rahman Raddad and his wife while they were working their land between al-Zawiya and Rafat. Emerging from a nearby colonial grazing outpost, the colonizers violently beat the couple and stole their olive harvest along with the cart used to collect it.
In Kifl Hares, northwest of Salfit, dozens of colonizers invaded the village accompanied by Israeli soldiers. Troops closed entrances and deployed throughout the streets to secure the colonizers’ access to an archaeological area. Residents were barred from movement, and the village was effectively locked down.
According to the Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission, over 38,000 violations have been documented since October 2023, including 31,205 by Israeli soldiers and 7,154 by colonizers. At least 33 Palestinians have been killed in colonizer attacks alone. 114 new colonies have been established, 455 families forcibly displaced, and 1,288 homes demolished. Nearly 49,000 trees—mostly olives—have been damaged or uprooted.
These violations constitute grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention, including forcible transfer of protected persons, destruction of property not justified by military necessity, and colonizer violence with state complicity—rising to crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute.
The events of October 9 are not isolated. They reflect a deepening settler-colonial structure, where military invasions and colonizer rampages are normalized. As Palestinian communities face daily threats to their lives, homes, and dignity, the international silence remains deafening—and the legal vacuum ever more dangerous.
