Israeli occupation forces launched a new wave of invasions across the occupied West Bank from Tuesday night into Wednesday, breaking into homes and conducting widespread field interrogations before abducting at least 130 Palestinians, among them two women, a child, and several former political prisoners, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed.
The PPS said the invasions were conducted across most West Bank governorates, with the heaviest concentration in Burin and Madama in Nablus in the northern West Bank, Aqqaba in Tubas in the northeastern West Bank, and Immatin in Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank. The majority of those seized were subjected to field interrogation before being released hours later.
The Prisoners’ Society noted that Israeli forces have sharply escalated both abductions and field interrogations since the beginning of the year, describing the surge as unprecedented in the period following the genocide in Gaza.
The organization said these operations target all segments of Palestinian society and amount to collective punishment.
According to the statement, Israeli forces have adopted a consistent pattern during these invasions: soldiers break into homes, force families outside in the cold, subject them to intimidation, threats, and field interrogations, and carry out extensive destruction inside the homes before abducting or detaining residents.
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The PPS stressed that the current wave of violations is part of a long‑standing Israeli policy aimed at suppressing Palestinian presence and tightening systems of control and surveillance.
What has changed since the start of the genocide in October of 2023, it said, is the scale and intensity of the abuses, both those accompanying abductions and those inflicted on detainees inside prisons and military camps.
Israeli authorities continue to carry out daily abductions across the West Bank, which the PPS describes as one of the occupation’s most entrenched and systematic policies. Since October of 2023, Israeli forces have carried out more than 21,000 abductions in the West Bank alone.
