Israeli forces carried out a series of invasions across the occupied West Bank at dawn on Tuesday, breaking into homes, abducting civilians, and accompanying groups of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers during incursions into Palestinian communities.
In the city of al‑Bireh in the central West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the Um al‑Sharayet neighborhood at dawn, broke into several homes, and abducted two young men, identified as Jihad Alqam and Hassan al‑Toukhi.
Media sources reported that soldiers searched the homes extensively and damaged their contents before taking the two men away.
In a separate invasion, Israeli forces stormed the al‑Am‘ari refugee camp in al‑Bireh, where soldiers fired live rounds, broke into numerous homes, interrogated residents in the streets, and abducted several individuals.
Local sources added that the army brought a Palestinian detainee from an Israeli prison into the refugee camp and used him as a human shield during the invasion.
In the southern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted three men from the village of al‑‘Asakra, east of Bethlehem, after breaking into their homes and searching them.
The abducted men were identified as Ahmad Nasser ‘Asakra, 24, ‘Atta Dawoud ‘Asakra, 25, and Mohammad Ali ‘Asakra, 40. The army also invaded the nearby communities of Za‘tara, al‑‘Ubeidiya, Dar Salah, and al‑Shawawra, though no abductions were reported there.
In addition, Israeli forces abducted 17 Palestinians during large‑scale invasions targeting the al‑‘Arroub refugee camp and the town of Sa‘ir, both north of Hebron in the southern West Bank.
Soldiers broke into dozens of homes in al‑‘Arroub, interrogated residents, and abducted at least 17 individuals, including Yahya Zakariya Muhaysin, Mohammad Emad al‑Badawi, Mohammad Hassan al‑Badawi, Karam Mahmoud Muhaysin, Mahmoud Muhaysin, Imam Muhaysin, Ibrahim ‘Atallah Jawabra, Suhaib Walid al‑Badawi, Dia’ ‘Abed Jawabra, We’am Abu Ghazi, Bashar ‘Abed Sa‘id Jawabra, Jamal Nawwaf Jawabra, Samed Jihad Ja‘ara, Mohammad Abu Sil, and Mohammad Mahmoud Muhaysin.
In Sa‘ir, soldiers broke into several homes and abducted Mohammad Saqr Jaradat and Ayman ‘Abd al‑Salam.
Many military vehicles also invaded Doura town, south of Hebron, from its eastern area and closed streets.
Furthermore, dozens of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, accompanied by military vehicles, invaded the area surrounding Joseph’s Tomb east of Nablus, in northern West Bank.
Local sources said the colonizers performed religious rituals while the army secured the area, and the invasion remained ongoing through the morning, while the soldiers kept entire Palestinian communities isolated.
In the northwestern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the town of Qaffin, north of Tulkarem, and abducted a young man, Mo’ath Shehada, after breaking into his home.
Soldiers also invaded the Shweika neighborhood and the towns of Qaffin and Saida, breaking into homes, damaging property, interrogating residents, and seizing a vehicle belonging to former detainee Lu’ay al‑Ashqar after invading his home in Sida.
In the northeastern West Bank, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers uprooted several olive saplings and destroyed an irrigation network in Khirbet Yarza, east of Tubas.
The head of the local council reported that the colonizers targeted land belonging to resident Jihad Masa‘id, damaging olive trees and a thyme farm.
He added that eleven Palestinian families had been forced to leave the area in recent days due to repeated colonizer attacks, which included assaults on residents and international volunteers, the destruction of homes and livestock shelters, the vandalism and theft of solar panels and surveillance cameras, and the burning of vehicles and residential structures.
