Israeli occupation forces conducted a series of invasions across the occupied West Bank early Sunday, abducting many Palestinians, including women and children, and inflicting extensive property damage in multiple areas.
In the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, Israeli forces stormed the area at dawn, raided and vandalized numerous homes, and detained approximately 100 residents for several hours. Sixteen individuals were subsequently abducted.
The abductees were identified as Akram Sha’fout, Mohammad Mahmoud Salhab, Maher Mohammad Abed Rabbo, Ahmad Sami Fararja, Rami Ma’ali, Mahmoud al-Maghribi, Hamza Abu Ajamiyya, Mohammad Ashraf Raqban, Hasan Mujahid Abu Judeh, Abdul-Nasser Atallah, Qusai Mohammad Mosbeh Fararja, Adam Mousa Abu Nassar, Karim Ayad, Mahmoud Hammash, Ramez Abdel-Razzaq, and Riyad Mohammad Ahmad Saleh.
Further north, in the Nablus governorate, Israeli forces invaded several villages, including Burqa, Huwara, and Qaryout.
In Burqa, soldiers stormed multiple homes, ransacked them, and abducted six individuals: Omar Saleem Hijja, Walid Ashraf Qassem, Bassem Fathallah Saif, and former detainees Mustafa Mohammad Sa’id Hajja, Re’as Zaher Abu Omar, and Shadi Zahi Abu Omar.
Troops also defaced the village’s “Martyrs’ Monument,” dismantling a statue of the national symbol “Handala” and spray-painting racist graffiti over the names of the deceased.
In the town of Huwara and the village of Qaryout, soldiers abducted two women from their homes: Hiyam Hikmat Shahadeh (56) and Salam Rizqallah Suleiman Kassab (20), respectively.
Israeli military vehicles briefly invaded the village of Salem, east of Nablus, although no abductions were reported there.
In Jenin governorate, Israeli forces abducted Jandal Salah from Kafr Dan and Mohammad Ahmad Jarrar from Kafr Qud, following violent house invasions and searched.
In Sanur, south of Jenin, soldiers imposed a curfew, confining the Palestinians in their homes, in addition to deploying reinforcements.
The army also extended its invasion of Anza town, west of Jenin, into a third consecutive day, conducting home invasions, field interrogations, and reported physical assaults, primarily targeting young men.
In Nazlet Sheikh Zeid village, near Ya’bad, soldiers intensified their presence for a sixth day, engaging in continuous home invasions, forcible shop closures, including the only pharmacy, and frequent use of tear gas and stun grenades.
Meanwhile, in the southern city of Hebron, Israeli forces invaded several neighborhoods as well as the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, installing military roadblocks and further restricting movement in the area.
In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, the soldiers abducted two Palestinian children, Ibrahim Al-‘Abour, 15, and Mohammad Jabr Shreiteh, 13, from their homes in the Al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiya town, northwest of the city, in addition to abducting a female student of Birzeit University, Salam Rezqallah, from her home in Um ash-Sharayet area in Al-Bireh city.
The soldiers also invaded the home of former political prisoner, Hamada Abrash, and threatened to abduct him if he openly celebrates his upcoming wedding.
