Israeli forces and illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of assaults, home break‑ins, abductions, and movement restrictions across the occupied West Bank on Monday, targeting communities in Tubas, Hebron, Bethlehem, Ramallah, and occupied Jerusalem.
In Tubas in the northeastern West Bank, Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinian shepherds in Khirbet Yarza east of the city, forcing them to leave nearby grazing areas.
Mokhles Masa’eed, head of the local council, said the colonizers assaulted several shepherds and sprayed pepper gas into the face of a child.
He added that the colonizers expelled the shepherds from grazing lands adjacent to their tents, continuing a pattern of intimidation aimed at displacing residents from the area.
In the northern Jordan Valley, colonizers attacked residents of Khirbet al‑Hadidiya, while Israeli forces abducted several Palestinians from the hamlet during the same period, according to local reports.
In Hebron in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces and colonizers carried out multiple coordinated attacks across several towns and communities.
In Masafer Yatta, a Palestinian man suffered bruises and injuries after colonizers beat him during assaults in the Rojoum ‘Ali and Khallet ‘Amira areas.
Anti‑colonization activist Osama Makhamra said the injured man, Habib al‑‘Adra, was transferred by Palestinian Red Crescent medics to Yatta Governmental Hospital.
Israeli forces also abducted two brothers, Ahmad, and Mohammad Ismail Ibrahim al‑‘Adra, during the same incident.
In the town of Sa’ir, Israeli forces invaded the area, broke into homes, and abducted Mohammad Zbeidi Jaradat. Soldiers also invaded Bani Na’im, where they assaulted residents, including Mahna Eid Mahna Manasra, who was hospitalized.
Troops forced the Manasra family out of their home and expelled the family of Omar Eid Mahna from their house in the Khallet Abu Beida area.
In the town of Ethna, Israeli forces broke into the home of Ahmad Ismail Zghayyer and converted it into a military post.
Furthermore, Israeli forces continued a large‑scale invasion of the al‑Fawwar refugee camp south of Hebron, where troops have been deployed since dawn.
Soldiers occupied several homes belonging to Akram Joudeh, Abu Saed Ahmar, Nizar Janaza, Ayman al‑Maqousi, Fadi al‑Ra’ey, and Mustafa Abu Shamiya.
Residents said soldiers forced families out of their homes, conducted extensive searches, and caused widespread damage to property.
Troops prevented several families from remaining in their homes or eating their pre‑dawn meal, held members of the Abu Saed Ahmar family inside their house without allowing them to eat, and ordered several families to leave their homes for three days. Leaflets distributed inside the refugee camp stated that the military presence would continue for several days.
In Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, colonizers invaded the village of al‑Rashayda east of the city and grazed their sheep on privately owned Palestinian land near residential homes.
Locals said the colonizers moved livestock through agricultural areas in an attempt to pressure residents to leave and added that Israeli forces also tightened movement restrictions by closing the entrances to the village of al‑Jab’a southwest of Bethlehem.
Diab Mash’ala, head of the village council, said soldiers shut the two iron gates connecting al‑Jab’a with Nahalin and Husan, in addition to maintaining the closure of the main entrance from the Gush Etzion colonial bloc since October 7, 2023.
He said the closures prevented many residents from reaching their homes and noted that the village has faced repeated attacks by colonizers and Israeli forces in recent weeks.
In Ramallah in the central West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the Sateh Marhaba neighborhood of al‑Bireh, deploying heavily throughout the area without reporting abductions or home break‑ins.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers invaded Qalandia refugee camp and the nearby town of Kafr ‘Aqab north of the city, spreading through several neighborhoods without reporting abductions.
