Illegal Israeli colonizers, with army escorts, invaded several areas in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, particularly the governorates of Jenin, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Hebron.
Media sources reported that a large number of illegal colonizers stormed the evacuated “Kadim” colony, on Wednesday morning, located east of Jenin in the northern West Bank.
The colonizers invaded the colonial site close to the eastern neighborhood of Jenin city, while occupation soldiers provided armed security for the incursion.
At the same time, Israeli forces enhanced its security measures in the Jenin governorate in order to secure a large-scale colonizers’ incursion.
WAFA correspondent reported that the army deployed infantry at the entrances to the towns of Arraba, Ajja, Jaba’, and in the vicinity of the Sanur (Tarsala) illegal colony, southwest of Jenin city, under the pretext of protecting a colonizer invasion.
It is important to mention that in 2005, Israel evacuated 4 colonies in the northern West Bank (Ganim, Kadim, Sa-Nur, and Homesh) and 21 colonies in the Gaza Strip as part of its “Disengagement Plan”.
Meanwhile, large groups of colonizers stormed the village of Mikhmas, northeast of Jerusalem, sparking fear among residents.
Further north, many colonizers gathered on “Mount Al-Asur” near the village of Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah in the central West Bank, provoking panic among its residents.
Also in occupied Jerusalem, at least 508 Israeli colonizers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the protection of Israeli police.
According to the Jerusalem Governorate, more than 500 colonizers stormed the courtyards of the Islamic holy site, and performed Talmudic rituals.
Also, Israeli forces abducted Raed Zghayyer, an employee of the Islamic Waqf Department, as he entered the Waqf offices near Bab al‑Majlis, outside the Al‑Aqsa Mosque compound.
The arrest is part of a broader pattern of Israeli pressure targeting Waqf staff and Palestinian institutions in the Old City.
Israeli occupation forces also invaded the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem, deploying across several neighborhoods.
Rami Hamamra, head of the Husan Village Council, said soldiers stormed, searched, and photographed the homes of several former prisoners, though no arrests were reported.
Hamamra added that Israeli forces have, for the second consecutive day, intensified military restrictions around the village, closing several main and secondary entrances, severely disrupting daily life and restricting residents’ movement to workplaces, schools, and essential services.
Furthermore, the army accompanied colonizers while they stormed the Solomon’s Pools area in Al-Khader town, southwest of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.
WAFA correspondent reported that a large group of illegal colonizers stormed the “Al-Barak” area, after soldiers closed off the area with a flying military roadblock, preventing access to the site.
Osama Makhamra, a local anti-colonialist activist, told the WAFA News Agency that paramilitary colonizers stormed several areas in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the southern West Bank.
He added that the colonizers damaged a fence and broke a number of fruit trees belonging to the citizen Mohammad al-Adra, near the “Rujum al-Ali” area.
At the same time, groups of colonizers carried out provocative marches in several areas south of Hebron, raising the flag of the occupation and performing Talmudic rituals.
Earlier Wednesday, paramilitary colonizers infiltrated the outskirts of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, firing live rounds at Palestinian citizens.
The young man Odah Atef Odah Awawda, 25, was critically injured from a live gunshot wound to the back; he was pronounced dead shortly after his arrival to the hospital.
