Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday continued their assault on Palestinian civilians throughout Jerusalem and other parts of the West Bank. This is in addition to the 73+ Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza on Tuesday.
Israel continues escalating attacks on Palestinian agriculture in the occupied West Bank, from land seizures to settlement expansion.
On July 31, 2025, Israeli occupation forces destroyed the core unit of the only Palestinian seed bank, erasing 70 native seed varieties vital for climate-resilient farming.
The loss threatens future harvests as settlements siphon water, block land access, and reshape farming identity.
Since October 7, 2023, over 8,200 farmers have faced $76 million in damages from crop destruction, theft, and targeted attacks on agricultural resources.
The following attacks against Palestinian civilians by Israeli soldiers and paramilitary settlers were documented by local sources in the West Bank on Tuesday:
Jerusalem area:
Israeli paramilitary settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces.
Local sources reported that dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, carried out provocative tours, and performed Talmudic rituals.
Israeli soldiers handed over dozens of demolition and displacement orders to a number of families in Jabal al-Baba community, east of Jerusalem.
Local sources confirmed that the occupation forces continued their targeting campaign against Palestinian communities, distributing demolition orders for homes and property belonging to several families, exacerbating their suffering and threatening to evict the community of its residents.
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Israeli occupation forces began a demolition operation in Qalandia village, near Rafat Road, north of occupied Jerusalem.
Bethlehem area:
A young man sustained injuries and bruises on Tuesday after being assaulted by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem.
A local source told a WAFA correspondent that an Israeli occupation army force stormed the town, positioned itself near the Martyrs’ Cemetery in the Abu Sud area, raided the home of Rizq Mahmoud Issa, ransacked its contents, and severely beat his son Ahmed, causing him bruises and wounds. He was subsequently transferred to Beit Jala Governmental Hospital.
Nablus area:
Israeli occupation forces stormed Nablus city, the old and new Askar refugee camps, and a number of villages in the governorate at dawn on Monday.
Security and local sources reported that occupation jeeps entered the Old City and its surroundings in Nablus, and fired tear gas and sound bombs at homes in the Ras al-Ain neighborhood.
The occupation forces also stormed the villages of Salem, Azmut, Deir al-Hatab, and Rujeib in the east, and Yatma in the south, without any arrests being recorded so far.
Sources indicated that an Israeli infantry force stormed the village of Tal, southwest of Nablus, this morning, without any reports of house raids.
Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Participants in a protest held in Nablus on Tuesday condemned the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the systematic genocide against our people. They called for supporting the prisoners who are being subjected to the most heinous forms of torture inside Israeli prisons.
Participants in the vigil, which was held in Martyrs’ Square in the center of Nablus at the invitation of the National Committee for Supporting Prisoners, in partnership with the General Union of Palestinian Women and the Women’s Campaign to Boycott Israeli Goods, raised Palestinian flags and pictures of detainees, while chanting slogans condemning the crimes of the occupation.
In a speech on behalf of the National Committee for Supporting Prisoners, Muzaffar Dhuqan said that detainees live in difficult conditions and are subjected to daily abuse and repression. He called on the international community and human rights organizations to shoulder their responsibilities and work to save their lives. He emphasized the importance of implementing all international conventions related to them.
For her part, Ismat Shakhshir, in a speech on behalf of the General Union of Palestinian Women, said that Gaza is suffering from genocide and starvation, in full view of the entire world, amid international silence.
Qalqilia area:
Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Qalqilia on Tuesday.
Local sources said that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the eastern part of the city, “Al-Razzaza”, without recording any arrests.
Israeli occupation forces stormed Baqa al-Hatab village, east of Qalqilya, at dawn Tuesday, and abducted a woman and her two sons.
Local sources told Wafa News that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the village from its main entrance, deployed in the western neighborhood and the Bayader area, and carried out extensive raids on a number of citizens’ homes, including a home belonging to the Abdul Ghani family. They abducted Mrs. Imtiaz Hakam Rafiq and her two sons, Moamen and Yaqeen Nidal Abdul Ghani.
In a related development, several Israeli military vehicles stormed the village of Hajja, east of Qalqilya, and patrolled its streets and residential neighborhoods, without any arrests being reported.
Ramallah area:
Settlers on Tuesday re-established a colonial outpost on lands in the town of Atara, north of Ramallah.
Atara Mayor Nizar Maghribi told Wafa news that more than 15 settlers stormed the Jabal al-Kharba area at the entrance to the town on Tuesday morning, erecting two tents and bringing cows and sheep to the area and releasing them in the lands surrounding the outpost.
It is worth noting that the 2,000-dunam “Jabal al-Khirba” site is an archaeological site frequented by settlers from time to time as part of a settlement policy aimed at displacing the population.
He pointed out that Israeli settlers have attempted to establish 15 new settlement outposts since the beginning of July, most of which are agricultural and pastoral, including five in the Hebron Governorate, two in each of Salfit, Bethlehem, Ramallah, and Jericho, one in Tubas, and another in Jenin .
It is noteworthy that dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the “Jabal al-Khirba” area at the entrance to the town yesterday, accompanied by a bulldozer. They began paving a dirt road for the area and set up tents there. They stayed there for several hours before withdrawing from the area in the evening, only to return this morning.
After two years in Israeli prisons without charge or trial, Saddam Waleed from Ramallah was finally released today.
His story, captured in before and after photos, reflects the toll of years of torture spent behind the occupation’s bars.
Prisoners’ institutions, national and Islamic forces, and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate organized on Tuesday the weekly sit-in in the courtyard of Al-Bireh Cultural Center in Al-Bireh city, rejecting the ongoing war of extermination and the policy of starvation, protesting the targeting of the press, and supporting prisoners.
The sit-in was attended by families of detainees and released prisoners, representatives of prisoner organizations, political forces and factions, and a number of journalists. Pictures of dozens of detainees and a number of journalist martyrs killed in the Gaza Strip were raised, along with banners denouncing the occupation’s violations and crimes.
The head of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, Nasser Abu Bakr, said that the occupying state sought to prevent the transmission of the true picture of what is happening in the Gaza Strip by committing the most heinous massacre in human history, killing at least 238 journalists and media workers during the war of extermination, seven of them in the past two days.
He stated that the Journalists Syndicate continues to work with international courts and UN institutions to prosecute Israeli war criminals, and is continuing to provide all evidence, proof, and testimonies condemning the occupation for its crimes against journalists.
Hebron area:
Israeli settlers on Tuesday released their cattle to graze on lands planted with fruit trees and seedlings in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in a new attack on citizens’ property in the southern West Bank .
Anti-settlement activist Osama Makhamreh told Wafa News that settlers from the Mitzpe Yair settlement and neighboring settlement outposts, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, released their cattle onto citizens’ lands planted with almond and olive trees in the villages of Aqwawis, Al-Fakhit, and Al-Halawa, with the aim of destroying them.
Makhamreh added that the settlers took control of a water well owned by the Abu Aram family in the village of Aqwawis and prevented residents from accessing it in an attempt to seize their land to expand the settlements.
Makhamreh called on international and human rights organizations to intervene to stop the armed practices of the occupation and settlers, and to prevent the daily attacks on defenseless civilians in Masafer Yatta.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Palestinian citizen from Sa’ir town, northeast of Hebron, and searched several houses in the southern West Bank city.
Security and local sources told Wafa News that Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Sa’ir and arrested citizen Muhammad Yunis al-Shalaldeh after searching his home and ransacking its contents. They then took him to an unknown location.
The occupation forces also raided the town of Tafouh, west of Hebron, and searched a number of homes belonging to the Rizeikat family, destroying their contents and doors. They also searched the homes of the Badawi family in the Al-Arroub camp, north of Hebron.
The Israeli occupation forces set up several military checkpoints at the entrances to the city of Hebron, its towns, villages, and camps, and closed a number of main and secondary roads with iron gates, cement blocks, and earth mounds.
Tulkarem area:
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) abducted a Palestinian citizen from Shuweika suburb, north of Tulkarm, at dawn on Tuesday.
Local sources reported that Israeli occupation forces arrested citizen Maazoz Jaroun after raiding his home in the suburb.
In the same context, Israeli occupation forces raided the home of citizen Fouad al-Jayousi in the Aktaba suburb, east of the city, and searched it and climbed onto the roof of his house. They also stopped passing vehicles on the suburb’s main street, searching them and checking the identities of their passengers.
The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression against the city of Tulkarm and its two camps for the 198th consecutive day, amid an ongoing escalation of sieges on the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, the deployment of military vehicles and infantry units in their vicinity, and the prevention of citizens from entering them to check on their homes.
