On Saturday, Israeli occupation soldiers and illegal paramilitary colonizers launched coordinated assaults targeting Palestinian civilians and their property throughout the occupied West Bank, resulting in numerous injuries and widespread disruption.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers detained Palestinian citizen Firas Youssef Abu Shaira for several hours at a sudden military roadblock near ash-Shawawra, east of the city. Media reports confirmed that Abu Shaira was stopped, interrogated, and later released.
Simultaneously, Israeli forces erected surprise roadblocks at several village entrances within the governorate, specifically near Jouret ash-Sham’a to the south, and Wadi Fukin and Husan to the west, impeding civilian movement and disrupting daily life.
Another roadblock was installed at Osh Ghorab, east of Bethlehem, where occupation troops inspected vehicles and verified ID cards, causing traffic congestion.
This route is critical, as it connects southern and northern sectors of the occupied West Bank.
Israeli soldiers also invaded Tuqu’, Dar Salah, and Za’tara, east of Bethlehem, and Beit Fajjar to the south, as well as the town of al-Khader, where they deployed across multiple neighborhoods. No detentions were reported in these latter incursions.
Bethlehem continues to endure escalating Israeli military pressure marked by intensified roadblocks, systematic invasions, and deliberate restrictions on civilian movement.
In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, a Palestinian civilian was seriously wounded Saturday evening when illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers invaded the town of Ni’lin.
Eyewitnesses reported that the colonizers stormed the outskirts of the town, invaded an unfinished home owned by Ibrahim al-Khawaja, and violently assaulted him, causing significant head injuries.
They also set fire to the home and fired live rounds at residents attempting to defend their community.
Elsewhere in Ramallah, dozens of civilians suffered from tear gas inhalation during a coordinated attack on al-Mughayyir village.
The village council chief, Amin Abu Alia, confirmed that armed colonizers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, attempted to invade from the east.
Residents confronted them, but occupation forces invaded the area and fired gas bombs directly at homes and civilians.
In the Jordan Valley, armed colonizers invaded the al-Maleh area, roamed residential zones, and harassed locals.
Earlier in the week, the same area was assaulted by colonizers who opened fire, raided homes, stole livestock, and killed dozens of animals, resulting in the forcible displacement of two families.
In Beita, south of Nablus, a 19-year-old Palestinian was hospitalized after being violently assaulted by colonizers on Jabal Qmeis. The Red Crescent confirmed the evacuation and medical treatment of the wounded youth.
Also in the Jordan Valley, colonizers set fire to approximately 30 hay bales, each weighing about half a ton, belonging to Ali Salem Abu al-Kbash in Khirbet Hamsa, causing estimated losses of over 18,000 shekels.
The attack aligns with a pattern of systematic violations aimed at economically displacing Palestinian residents.
In Hebron’s old city, in the southern West Bank, paramilitary colonizers accompanied by Israeli soldiers invaded the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque and held a provocative march.
The parade ended at the Osama Bin Monqith School, which had been illegally confiscated by Israeli authorities and converted into a religious institute named “Beit Romano.” Colonizers chanted racist, anti-Arab slogans while soldiers restricted Palestinian movement and sealed access roads.
Israeli forces also invaded Halhoul, north of Hebron, and abducted two young men, Hamza and Ahmad Zama’ra, as well as a child, whose identity remained unconfirmed at the time of reporting.
During the invasion, the soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, injuring several civilians.
In Kafr Aqab, north of occupied Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers fired live rounds and wounded a Palestinian youth during an invasion of the town.
In Jenin, in the northern West Bank, occupation forces raided Mothallath Ash-Shuhada village, south of the city, and abducted three men: Maher Darwish, to pressure his brother into surrendering, along with Fawzi Hanaisha and Hatem As’ous. The soldiers ransacked homes and interrogated dozens of residents while checking identification documents.
In Tubas, in the northeastern West Bank, the soldiers abducted 17-year-old Mohammad Wael Daraghmeh while he attempted to cross the permanent Al-Hamra military roadblock, which links the Northern Plains with other sectors of the occupied West Bank.
