Israeli forces invaded multiple communities across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday evening and at night, abducting Palestinians, breaking into homes and commercial properties, installing military roadblocks, and carrying out operations in several towns, cities, and refugee camps.
The incursions coincided with a series of attacks by colonizers targeting Palestinian homes, agricultural land, infrastructure, and activists, while a child and several journalists were injured in the Qalandia area north of occupied Jerusalem.
In Shweika, north of Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded the suburb and broke into several commercial properties along its western street.
Local sources said soldiers detained and assaulted young men while firing live ammunition in the area. Two young men were abducted, although their identities were not immediately known.
In Madama, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, colonizers attacked the home of Firas Jadallah Nassar.
Local sources said the attackers came from a colonizer outpost established on village land. Israeli soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs, though no injuries were immediately reported.
The incident heightened tensions in an area that has witnessed repeated attacks against Palestinians and their property.
Israeli forces also abducted Karam Samir al-Qarm after breaking into his home in Jalqamus, east of Jenin in the northern West Bank.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said soldiers also broke into the homes of several former political prisoners in the village, detained and interrogated them, and later released them.
In Qusra, southeast of Nablus, Knesset member Ofer Cassif, who serves on the political bureau of the Communist Party of Israel, attempted to visit a Palestinian home that remained surrounded by Israeli colonizers.
Israeli soldiers prevented Cassif from reaching the home while allowing the colonizers to continue surrounding it.
In Barta’a, southwest of Jenin in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces uprooted more than 100 mature olive trees in the Wadi al-Yahmour area near Khirbet Abdullah Younis.
Local sources said the fruit-bearing trees were uprooted, causing extensive damage to agricultural land and significant losses for local farmers.
Residents said the uprooting was part of ongoing attacks on agricultural areas that include land leveling, tree removal, and restrictions affecting access to farmland and livelihoods.
Israeli forces also invaded Azzun Atma, south of Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank. Troops patrolled village streets, erected a military roadblock, stopped vehicles, inspected identification documents, and broke into several homes. No abductions were reported.
In Tubas in the northeastern West Bank, Israeli military vehicles invaded the city and patrolled its streets.
Separately, colonizers damaged solar energy panels supplying electricity to three families living in the Tha’la area east of Tammun, south of Tubas. The attack cut electricity to the affected households.
In addition, Israeli forces installed a military roadblock on the Beit Ur road southwest of Ramallah in the central West Bank, where troops stopped and searched vehicles and inspected passengers’ identification documents, disrupting movement in the area.
Forces also closed the al-Jib military roadblock, obstructing travel for Palestinians and adding to recurring movement restrictions around Ramallah and al-Bireh.
Residents frequently face sudden military roadblocks and road closures that force them onto longer alternative routes and complicate daily travel.
Palestinian American Lou Ridi came to Qusra to protect his family home after Israeli settlers besieged the village.
Israeli forces, who say they are there to prevent settler attacks, told Ridi he cannot walk on his own land while settlers continue to roam the area freely. pic.twitter.com/6gi2Qcqic5
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 25, 2026
Israeli forces later invaded al-Far’a refugee camp, south of Tubas in the northeastern West Bank. Witnesses said troops redirected vehicles away from the main road and fired tear-gas canisters toward Palestinians near the entrance to the refugee camp.
In Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, a Palestinian child was wounded after Israeli forces opened fire in the area. The Jerusalem Governorate said the child was struck in the shoulder by a live bullet fired by Israeli soldiers stationed around the refugee camp. His injury was described as minor.
The shooting occurred as Israeli forces seized the Qalandia Vocational Training Institute operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Troops invaded the compound, evacuated it, and raised an Israeli flag over its buildings amid a heavy military deployment in the surrounding area.
The operation was directed by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a far-right cabinet minister and prominent advocate of measures targeting Palestinian institutions and UNRWA operations.
Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrated after Israeli forces raided a UN-operated facility in occupied East Jerusalem, expelling UNRWA employees and hoisting an Israeli flag in the courtyard.
The UN agency and experts say it’s a direct breach of international law. pic.twitter.com/pTULqiNyiC
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 25, 2026
Ben-Gvir directed and personally participated in the seizure of the institute, raising concerns among residents and aid advocates because the facility provides educational and vocational training for Palestinian refugees in the area. The loss of access to the site could disrupt services and opportunities relied upon by members of the local refugee community.
Several journalists were injured while covering the seizure and evacuation of the UNRWA facility amid stringent Israeli military measures around the site.
West of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces installed a military roadblock in the al-Shouli area at the entrance to the western countryside serving Battir, Nahalin, Husan, and Wadi Fukin. Troops stopped and searched vehicles and inspected passengers’ identification documents.
In Jannatah , south of Bethlehem, colonizers attacked activists from an Israeli peace movement who were reopening a dirt road previously blocked by colonizers.
HORRIFIC: A video shows a group of masked Israeli settler terrorists pepper-spraying Israeli activists in the Palestinian town of Jannatah, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank—in front of Israeli soldiers. pic.twitter.com/Aswf0DTJSn
— Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) August 25, 2026
The assailants beat the activists with clubs and pepper spray at them, causing suffocation, bruises, and other injuries.
The activists have been working alongside local residents to reopen roads blocked by colonizers, part of ongoing efforts to maintain access between Palestinian communities and surrounding agricultural areas.
The latest invasions followed a series of similar violations in which Israeli forces abducted several Palestinians during early Tuesday military incursions across the West Bank, while Israeli paramilitary colonizers separately attacked infrastructure, homes, and residents.
