Israeli forces and colonizers injured several Palestinians across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, including a Palestinian shot with live ammunition, a child who was severely beaten, and students who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation. Israeli forces also abducted five Palestinians, imposed widespread closures, and invaded numerous communities, while colonizers attacked residents, homes, vehicles, and farmland and invaded religious sites.

In Jenin in the northern West Bank, medical sources said a Palestinian was shot with live ammunition in the abdomen during protests as Israeli forces invaded az-Zababda and opened fire toward residents. He was taken to a hospital. Soldiers also invaded Qabatia, where they fired concussion grenades and tear gas toward young men.

In Nablus in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces severely beat a 17-year-old child in the Old City. Twelve students also suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after soldiers fired tear gas around Amr ibn al-As School, east of the Old City.

Also, Israeli forces used two young men as human shields during an invasion of Beit Furik, east of Nablus.

Israeli forces abducted five Palestinians across the West Bank. In the Old City of Nablus in the northern West Bank, soldiers broke into and searched the homes of brothers Mohammad and Ehab Obeid in the al-Qaysariyya neighborhood before abducting them.

In occupied Jerusalem, soldiers broke into and searched the home of writer and political analyst Rasim Obeidat in Jabal al-Mukabber, south of the city, and abducted him. They also broke into the family home of 13-year-old Ibrahim Mohammad Najib in Hizma, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and abducted the child.

In Jenin in the northern West Bank, soldiers broke into the family home of pharmacist Omaima Noman Abed in Kafr Dan, ransacked its contents, and abducted her. Forces also detained and field-interrogated several young men during the invasion of Qabatia.

In Tubas in the northeastern West Bank, Israeli forces seized a tractor belonging to the Atouf Village Council and detained its driver, Odai Bisharat, in the Ras al-Ahmar area southeast of the city while he was delivering livestock feed.

Israeli authorities imposed a comprehensive closure across the West Bank and closed crossings through October 3, citing Jewish holidays.

In occupied Jerusalem, forces prevented mourners from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for funeral prayers, initially allowing only four people inside before ordering them to leave.

Israeli forces also fired large numbers of tear gas canisters during an invasion of at-Tur in occupied Jerusalem.

In Ramallah and al-Bireh in the central West Bank, Israeli forces tightened military restrictions, closed the iron gate at the entrance to Turmus Ayya in both directions, and obstructed residents’ movement.

They also closed the entrances to Aboud, Nabi Saleh, Atara, and Taybeh and established military roadblocks at the entrances to Yabroud, Ein Siniya, and Jaba.

The measures caused severe traffic congestion and left thousands of vehicles stranded at the Qalandia, Jaba, Hizma, az-Zaytoun, Ein Siniya, Atara, Beit Iksa, and Sheikh Saad military roadblocks.

In Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank, soldiers established a temporary military roadblock below the Jabara Bridge south of the city and searched outbound vehicles.

They set up another military roadblock on the main road through al-Kafriyat, opposite the entrance to ar-Ras village south of Tulkarem, where they stopped and searched vehicles, ordered passengers out, and inspected their identity cards while tightening restrictions on traffic toward the city. Israeli forces also carried out widespread invasions.

In Nablus in the northern West Bank, soldiers invaded the al-Qaysariyya neighborhood in the Old City and broke into a home in Iraq Burin, where they reportedly took a sum of money.

In Jenin in the northern West Bank, forces invaded Qabatia, Kafr Dan, Arraba, Raba, Beit Qad, Zububa, Marka, Umm at-Tut, Jalqamus, and Bir al-Basha, and surrounded a home belonging to the Mardawi family in Arraba.

In Tubas in the northeastern West Bank, several Israeli military vehicles invaded the al-Far’a refugee camp, where soldiers broke into more homes as the invasion continued.

In Kifl Hares, north of Salfit in the central West Bank, Israeli forces continued to impose a curfew as large numbers of colonizers invaded Islamic holy sites and performed religious rituals and dances there and in the town’s streets.

Forces also invaded al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya and al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiya near Ramallah in the central West Bank.


East of Ramallah in the central West Bank, an Israeli military bulldozer blocked a side road near the Yabroud Bridge in al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya, obstructing residents’ movement.

Israeli authorities also issued Military Order 98/26 to seize land, uproot olive trees, and remove vegetation from 56.026 dunams in Kafr Malek, northeast of Ramallah in the central West Bank, citing “security measures.” According to the report, this brought the number of similar military orders issued since the beginning of the year to 55, affecting a combined 2,372 dunams.

In occupied Jerusalem, forces compelled shopkeepers in the Cotton Merchants’ Market leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque to close their businesses to facilitate colonizer invasions and Jewish religious rituals.

According to the report, about 1,500 colonizers invaded the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem under heavy Israeli police protection, entering in successive groups through the Moroccan Gate on the second day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

They performed prayers and Jewish religious rituals near the Cotton Merchants’ Gate and Bab Hutta and brought plant offerings into the courtyards before Israeli authorities closed the Moroccan Gate.

Reports said groups of colonizers attacked the Ka’abna community near Taybeh in Ramallah and al-Bireh in the central West Bank, smashed windows in several homes, damaged a vehicle, stole 3,000 shekels, and cut water and electricity supplies. Residents said the community has been under siege for more than a month.

Colonizers also attacked Abu Falah at dawn and burned several Palestinian vehicles, while another group invaded farmland in Kafr Malek and released livestock among olive trees, causing damage.

Reports said colonizers stole olives from several areas across the occupied West Bank ahead of the Palestinian olive harvest, including from land in Deir Abu Mash’al, northwest of Ramallah in the central West Bank.

Colonizers also invaded the Tal al-Asour area between Deir Jarir and Silwad in the central West Bank. In Yabroud, east of Ramallah, a group broke into several Palestinian homes and smashed and ransacked their contents.

Two Palestinians were injured when colonizers assaulted them in Burqa, northwest of Nablus. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Tulkarem said its crews treated a 66-year-old man and a 31-year-old man for bruises sustained in the assault on the village’s main road.

The two were transferred from a medical center in Anabta, east of Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank, to Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem.

Colonizers uprooted olive trees belonging to Amin Malas and Mushref as-Salahat in the Khalayel al-Louz area, southeast of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.

Israeli forces invaded Yatta, south of Hebron in the southern West Bank. South of Yatta, colonizers under Israeli military protection broke into the home of Samir Obeid, while soldiers detained three Palestinians for several hours following the home invasion.