Israeli occupation soldiers assaulted the head of the Sikka Village Council west of Doura, and abducted a village driver on Wednesday, in an incident linked to the presence of illegal paramilitary colonizers inside a previously seized Palestinian home in the area.
Local sources said the soldiers assaulted Walid Ehsheish, the elected head of the Sikka Village Council, during the army’s invasion of the area, and abducted Marwan Tmeiza, a driver employed by the village council.
The attack occurred near the home that had previously been targeted and seized by illegal colonizers, who had stormed, vandalized, and taken over the property in earlier incidents. Residents reported heightened tension and anger as they witnessed the assault, describing it as part of a continuous pattern of violations targeting communities west of Doura.
Sources linked Wednesday’s assault and abduction to the ongoing presence of colonizers inside the al‑‘Ajouri home, which was taken over in recent months and has since become a focal point for repeated invasions and harassment by colonizers and soldiers.
Areas west of Doura have experienced recurrent tension and repeated attacks, including home invasions, property destruction, intimidation of residents, and attempts to restrict movement. Local committees have renewed calls for urgent protection for civilians, municipal representatives, and their property, stressing that the attacks form part of a wider escalation across the southern Hebron governorate.
The assault is part of broader violations reported Wednesday, as illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers established new outposts, expanded existing ones, seized homes, bulldozed Palestinian lands, and carried out attacks across several districts of the occupied West Bank.
Furthermore, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said that Israeli occupation forces abducted at least twenty Palestinians, among them five women, from across the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.
Wednesday also witnessed extensive Israeli military invasions, home break‑ins, abductions, assaults, and movement restrictions across the occupied West, targeting multiple districts and imposing new closures that further disrupted civilian life.
