Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, breaking into homes, abducting residents, assaulting civilians, and bulldozing Palestinian-owned land in several governorates.
The violations were concentrated in Hebron in the southern West Bank, Ramallah in the central West Bank, Nablus in the northern West Bank, Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank, Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank, Jenin in the northern West Bank, Tubas in the northeastern West Bank, and occupied Jerusalem.
Bethlehem: Homes Broken Into, Six Palestinians Abducted
In the Bethlehem area, Israeli forces invaded the Harmala area east of the city, deployed in several neighborhoods, broke into several homes, and abducted six residents: Ibrahim Wajih Atallah, Mahmoud Salem Atallah, Hamza Awadallah, Mohammad Sa’id Atallah, Ahmad Saeed Atallah, and Sa’id Atallah.
In a separate invasion, soldiers stormed the village of Husan west of Bethlehem, breaking into and searching the homes of Idris Sa’id Shousha, Atef Yassin Hamamra, Mohammad Issa Zaoul, Ali Zaoul, Rashwan Khalil Hamamra, and Marwan Yousef Za’oul.
Hebron Governorate: Abductions, Land Bulldozing, and a New Colonialist Road
In Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers—some wearing Israeli military uniforms—assaulted several residents, detained them, and handed brothers Ibrahim and Abd Mahmoud Al-Adra to Israeli forces, who then abducted them.
In Wadi Al-Jawaya, soldiers broke into homes and residential tents, ransacked them, and abducted Mohammad Khalil Al-Shawahin.
In ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, Israeli forces began carving a new segregated colonialist road across Palestinian-owned land. Soldiers invaded the Al-Deir area, seized the home of Naseem Abu Sharkh, and converted it into a military post, blocked access to the area, and began bulldozing land only meters from Palestinian homes.
The road extends more than six kilometers from Zannouta east of the town toward the Sarwat and Deir Ma’ala areas, which have recently seen repeated invasions by colonizer groups performing religious rituals.
Residents say the project aims to facilitate colonizer access and enable further land seizure.
Elsewhere in the governorate, Israeli forces invaded Khallet Al-Fara west of Yatta, broke into homes, vandalized their contents, and seized three civilian vehicles.
In Al-Ramadin, soldiers closed the town’s entrance, imposed a military roadblock, bulldozed large areas of land, and destroyed the foundations of numerous commercial structures along the main road between Ath-Thaheriya and Ar-Ramadin.
More than 60 shops and structures have been demolished in the area since December of last year.
Israeli forces also prevented farmers from the Nawaj’a family from reaching or cultivating their fields in Wadi Jheish in Masafer Yatta, declaring the area a closed military zone.
Occupied Jerusalem: Abductions and Live-Fire Injury
In Rafat, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces broke into the home of Sari Arabi and abducted him.
In Ras Al-Amoud in Jerusalem, the soldiers assaulted and abducted a young man while interrogating him at the entrance to Oweis neighborhood.
In Ar-Ram, north of the city, a young man was shot in the leg with live ammunition while attempting to cross the separation wall. Palestinian Red Crescent medics treated him at the scene.
In Beit Hanina, also north of Jerusalem, soldiers broke into several homes and abducted three minors whose identities were not immediately known.
In Kafr Aqab, northmost of Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers invaded an apartment building and initiated extensive searches.
Ramallah in the Central West Bank: Five Abducted
Israeli forces invaded the villages of Kafr Ein and Aroura, breaking into homes and abducting five residents, including three former political prisoners: Tayseer Khaseeb, Nasser Mufrej, his son Amr, and former political prisoners Mohammad Kamal Barghouthi and Amjad Kamal Barghouthi.
Jericho in northwestern West Bank: Woman Abducted from Ein al-Sultan
In Ein al-Sultan refugee camp north of Jericho, Israeli forces broke into the home of 54‑year‑old Na’ila Ibrahim Jamil Saradeeh and abducted her.
Nablus in the Northern West Bank: Widespread Invasions
Before dawn, Israeli forces invaded western Nablus, broke into a home, and abducted Ahmad Al-Dasouqi, a university student originally from the 1948 territories.
In Salem village east of Nablus, soldiers broke into multiple homes, smashed doors, vandalized property, and converted one home into a field interrogation center, interrogating dozens of young men.
Earlier, forces had also invaded Beit Wazan, Beita, and Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya, breaking into and searching several homes.
Qalqilia in the Northwestern West Bank: One Abducted
Israeli forces invaded Qalqilia from the eastern entrance, deployed along Street 22 and the Kafr Saba neighborhood, broke into homes, and abducted 30‑year‑old Ibrahim Hourani.
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Tulkarem in the Northwestern West Bank: Four Abducted in Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya
In Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus but within the same invasion wave affecting the northern and northwestern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted four members of the Oweis family:
Nail Oweis, his brother Abd Al-Jabir Oweis, and their sons Karam Nail Oweis and Amro Abd Al-Jabir Oweis.
