Incursions in the West Bank Accompanied by Arrests and Field Investigations... Concurrently with Attacks by Settlers

SadaNews - Israeli occupation forces launched an extensive campaign of arrests and raids in various areas of the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem early Wednesday morning, accompanied by clashes and incursions targeting dozens of homes, amid reports of injuries and cases of suffocation among Palestinians.

In Nablus city and the Aida refugee camp east of it, Israeli forces raided several neighborhoods and arrested three young men after storming their homes: Nimer Kharyush and Khalil Shahab in Nablus, and Nader Al-Tak from the Aida camp.

The forces also detained a number of teenagers inside the camp and subjected them to field investigations before releasing them.

In the town of Beita south of Nablus, violent confrontations erupted following an attack by settlers on a house in the "Bir Quza" area, coinciding with the Israeli forces firing live bullets and assaulting several young men.

In northern West Bank, occupation forces stormed the town of Qafin north of Tulkarm, arresting two young men after raiding several homes. They also arrested citizen Mohammed Hasan Nassar during a raid in the village of Beit Qad east of Jenin, searching homes and vandalizing their contents.

In Qalqiliya, the forces carried out raids in several neighborhoods of the city, particularly in the Nazzal neighborhood, leading to the arrest of young Mahdi Nazzal, while military vehicles spread throughout the city, coinciding with settlers' actions blocking roads around the Qadumim roundabout east of the city.

In occupied Jerusalem, occupation forces stormed the village of Beit Iksa northwest of the city, conducting extensive raids accompanied by field interrogations with dozens of residents, in addition to raiding several homes and detaining residents for hours.

Local sources reported that the forces turned one of the homes into a temporary military outpost before arresting citizen Mohammed Hababah after searching his house, while searches and interrogations continued throughout the village.

The Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate also witnessed a raid in the town of Silwad northeast of Ramallah, where the forces stormed several homes and closed the entrance gate to the city of Rawabi.

In the Hebron governorate, occupation forces stormed the Al-Fawwar camp south of the city and conducted raids inside several homes, as part of the ongoing campaign across various areas of the West Bank.

Continued Settler Violence

Four Palestinians sustained varying injuries early Wednesday due to attacks carried out by groups of settlers in several areas of the occupied West Bank, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.

These assaults were concentrated in Nablus and Tubas governorates, where they included attacking citizens' homes and assaulting them, in addition to vandalizing private properties such as vehicles and homes, and targeting the agricultural sector and water sources by destroying irrigation networks and confiscating agricultural equipment.

In Ramallah governorate, settlers set fire to a mosque in the village of Jaljulia west of the city, causing extensive damage to parts of it, amid widespread anger and condemnation in the area. Another mosque was also burned this morning in the Al-Nubani farms area north of Ramallah.

In Nablus, groups of settlers, emerging from a new settlement outpost south of Beita, attacked citizens' homes in the Bir Quza and Al-Hariq areas, setting fire to one of the houses in the Al-Janab area in the town of Qabalan south of the city. They also smashed windows of several homes and damaged vehicles before local residents intervened to confront them.

Following that, occupation forces stormed the area to provide protection for the settlers and assaulted a number of citizens, resulting in four injuries among them.

In the neighboring village of Burin, the house of citizen Um Ayman Soufan was attacked with stones by settlers from the "Yitzhar" settlement, causing fear and material damage in the area.

In Tubas governorate, settlers detained a tractor and a water tanker in the Aituf plain east of the town of Tammoun while attempting to deliver water to one of the families, amid what local officials described as a systematic settlement campaign targeting the area. They also noted that settlers' bulldozers destroyed main water lines supplying families.

In southern Hebron, caravans were moved towards a new settlement outpost west of Khirbet Makhayer Al-Obeid in Masafer Yatta, amidst ongoing settlement expansion efforts in the area.