Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions, assaults, and abductions across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, targeting communities in occupied Jerusalem, Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, Ramallah in the central West Bank, Jenin in the northern West Bank, and Nablus in the northern West Bank.
In occupied Jerusalem, soldiers abducted Islam Abdul‑Qader Eid near Jaffa Street after he was assaulted by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers in the area.
The army also invaded the town of Hizma, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, where soldiers broke into several shops, searched Palestinian vehicles, and subjected young men to field interrogations.
In Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the town of Al‑Khader, south of the city, and deployed heavily along the Jerusalem–Hebron Road, provoking residents, and pursuing youths.
Soldiers also invaded the Old City area, and detained two children before beating them, causing cuts and bruises.
The army blocked the main street with a military vehicle and prevented mourners from passing during a funeral procession.
Later in the evening, soldiers invaded the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem, in another show of force.
In Ramallah in the central West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the village of Al‑Mughayyir, northeast of the city, firing large quantities of gas canisters toward Palestinian homes, before installing a heavily fortified military roadblock at the western entrance. Soldiers closed all approaches to the village and continued firing gas inside residential areas.
It is worth mentioning that Israeli soldiers closed several military roadblocks north of Ramallah in the central West Bank, including Ein Siniya and Atara to the north, Turmus Ayya gate and Yabrud gate northeast of the city, and Taybeh to the east, while intensifying military restrictions around villages north and northeast of Ramallah.
In Jenin in the northern West Bank, the army abducted six Palestinians from the town of Qabatia and the city of Jenin after breaking into and searching their homes.
Those abducted were identified as Amjad Al‑Far and his son, along with Mohammad, Mahmoud Khazimeh, and Ibrahim Abu Ma’la from Qabatia, in addition to high‑school student Fajer Mohammad Mismar from Jenin.
In a separate development, Israeli bulldozers began leveling land near Haddad Park in Jenin in preparation for establishing a new military position.
In Nablus in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the town of Beita, south of the city, firing live ammunition, concussion grenades, and toxic gas toward Palestinian homes.
The attack ignited a fire in the home of Haitham Ali Al‑Jabali after soldiers fired gas canisters directly at the property, before civil defense crews arrived and extinguished the blaze.
Later, soldiers invaded the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus, and conducted extensive searches of Palestinian vehicles.
Israeli undercover forces also infiltrated Nablus, followed by large military reinforcements that invaded the western part of the city, surrounded a residential building, and forced a young man to surrender before abducting him.
In the Zawata area, west of Nablus, Israeli forces assaulted a 30‑year‑old Palestinian man during their invasion of the neighborhood, causing multiple bruises.
Ahmad Jibril, director of the Emergency and Ambulance Center at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Nablus, said medical crews treated the injured man, who suffered bruises after Israeli soldiers beat him, and also provided care to two women who suffered chest pain after soldiers invaded a residential building in the same area. Earlier, the army had surrounded the building and forcibly evacuated all of its occupants.
Israeli forces also carried out a wide invasion of the town of ‘Awrata, southeast of Nablus, to secure the entry of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers to local archaeological sites.
Soldiers further invaded the town of Aqraba, southeast of Nablus, continuing the pattern of military pressure across the region.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers closed several military roadblocks south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, including those at the main entrances to the villages and towns of Qabalan, Za’tara, and al‑Lubban ash‑Sharqiya.
These invasions, abductions, and assaults form part of Israel’s ongoing military campaign throughout the occupied West Bank, where Palestinian communities continue to face escalating attacks by soldiers and illegal colonizers, alongside movement restrictions, home invasions, and the expansion of military roadblocks.
Earlier Wednesday, Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions across the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem at dawn on Wednesday, breaking into homes, assaulting residents, and abducting several Palestinians, including a woman and a journalist from the courtyards of the Al‑Aqsa Mosque.
