Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions, home break-ins, and abductions across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank on Friday, targeting communities in the northern, central, and southern regions, while illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers launched coordinated attacks on Palestinian homes and property in Salfit in the central West Bank and in the Jerusalem wilderness east of occupied Jerusalem.
Security and local sources reported that before dawn, Israeli forces invaded the towns of Beita and Talfit, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
In Beita, soldiers broke into the home of Abdullah Nidal Salama in the Bir Qouza area, searched the property, damaged its contents, and abducted him.
In Talfit, forces abducted three residents, Na’im Merweh Mosallam, and brothers Nael and Mahmoud Raed Atiya Mosallam, after breaking into their homes and conducting searches.
Israeli forces also invaded several neighborhoods in Nablus city from multiple directions. Soldiers broke into homes in the Old Askar refugee camp, the Old City and its surrounding areas, searched properties, damaged belongings, forced open the doors of commercial shops, and caused destruction to vehicles and infrastructure inside the Old City.
In the southern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted six Palestinians from different areas of Bethlehem governorate.
Media sources identified the abducted residents as Odai Ismail Jabarin, 27, and Sultan Jaser Jabarin, 22, from the village of Al-Maniya southeast of Bethlehem; Maher Mohammad Abed Rabbo, 22, Mohammad Ali Musleh, 22, and Mohammad Wael Fararja, 22, from the Dheisheh refugee camp; and Huthaifah Jaafar Mousa, 24, from the town of Al-Khader. All were taken after soldiers broke into their families’ homes and searched them.
Israeli forces also invaded the area of Solomon’s Pools, located between Al-Khader and the village of Artas south of Bethlehem.
Later, dozens of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, invaded the area and performed rituals near the third pool after the army isolated the entire area, preventing the locals from approaching it.
In the northeastern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted a resident of Aqqaba, north of Tubas. The head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society office in Tubas, Kamal Bani Odah, said that 61‑year‑old Yahya Mahmoud Abu Ara was abducted after the soldiers broke into and ransacked his home.
In the central West Bank, Israeli forces closed the military roadblock at Atara, north of Ramallah, early Friday morning.
The closure of the metal gate caused significant delays for residents traveling to and from villages and towns in the northwestern and western parts of Ramallah, as well as travelers coming from northern governorates.
Residents noted that Israeli forces routinely close military roadblocks at village entrances during early morning hours, disrupting daily movement.
Furthermore, Israeli police and soldiers expelled activists and international supporters from an area of several Abu Najah family homes in the town of Al‑Mughayyer, northeast of Ramallah in the central West Bank, after illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked the area.
Locals said Israeli forces arrived shortly after the colonizer assault and forcibly removed the activists who had been standing with the family.
Witnesses reported that soldiers pushed people away from the cluster of homes and prevented them from remaining on the surrounding land, even as tensions rose following repeated colonizer attacks on the eastern outskirts of Al‑Mughayyer in recent weeks.
Israeli forces arrived shortly after the colonizer assault and forcibly removed the activists who had been standing with the community.
Witnesses said the forces pushed people out of the area and prevented them from remaining on the land, even as tensions rose following repeated colonizer attacks on the eastern outskirts of Al‑Mughayyer in recent weeks.
Also in the central West Bank, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers—some of them armed—invaded the Bab al‑Marj area east of Deir Ballout, west of Salfit.
Local sources said the colonizers moved through agricultural land under military protection, heightening tension in the area.
Separately, in the Jerusalem wilderness east of occupied Jerusalem, the colonizers attacked the homes and property of the Salama Shqeir family, causing extensive damage.
Residents reported that the colonizers vandalized structures, destroyed belongings, and desecrated a copy of the Holy Qur’an inside one of the homes.
In addition, the colonizers invaded lands near Palestinian homes in Sinjil town, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah and released their livestock to graze on Palestinian crops.
According to a report by The Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, there are currently 916 Israeli military roadblocks and gates across Palestinian territory, including 243 gates installed after October 7, 2023, reflecting a significant expansion of movement restrictions across the occupied West Bank.
