Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday evening invaded the village of Aboud, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah in the territory’s central region, where a Palestinian home caught fire after being struck by army‑fired bombs.
Residents said soldiers pushed into the village in large numbers and spread across several neighborhoods, before closing streets.
During the invasion, heavily armed troops fired volleys of tear gas canisters, one of which directly hit a home and ignited a blaze.
Palestinain medics and rescue teams rushed to the scene and evacuated a wounded elderly woman who suffered from severe tear gas inhalation.
The occupation forces have sharply escalated their nightly invasions and home break‑ins across the occupied West Bank.
The intensified measures come just hours after Israel released 90 Palestinian detainees under the Gaza ceasefire agreement that took effect on January 19.
Since then, the army has tightened restrictions throughout the territory, severing movement between cities and governorates through military gates, barriers, concrete blocks, and other obstructions.
These military actions occur alongside continued attacks by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers across the West Bank, aimed at terrorizing Palestinian communities, forcing them from their lands, and expanding the illegal colonies that fragment Palestinian towns and villages.
Israel continues to impose sweeping restrictions on Palestinian movement within the occupied West Bank through an extensive network of roughly 898 fixed and sudden military roadblocks and gates. This includes 18 new gates installed since the start of 2025 and 146 added after October 7, 2023, in addition to settler‑only roads, more than 200 military bases, and numerous other physical barriers.
These closures and restrictions—presented under the pretext of security—serve to entrench Israel’s 58‑year military occupation and its ongoing settler‑colonial project, enforced through routine and often deadly violence against Palestinians.
