Israeli Raids, Settler Violence Sweep West Bank as Homes Stormed, Palestinians Injured
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ShareIsraeli forces and settlers intensified coordinated attacks across the occupied West Bank, injuring Palestinians, carrying out arrests and threatening further demolitions.
Key Developments
- At least 10 Palestinians injured in settler and military attacks across the West Bank.
- Israeli forces raid homes in Yatta, threatening residents with arrests and demolitions.
- Arrests reported in Jerusalem and Jenin during overnight military raids.
- New settlement outpost established near Jenin as settlers seize land near Nablus.
Israeli occupation forces and settlers intensified coordinated attacks across the occupied West Bank on Friday and Saturday, injuring Palestinians, raiding homes, carrying out arrests and expanding settlement activity in several governorates.
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, at least ten Palestinians were injured during separate attacks carried out by Israeli settlers and occupation forces.
In the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, two Palestinians were injured after settlers stormed privately owned Palestinian land and assaulted residents.
Witnesses said the Israeli army deployed reinforcements to the area as settlers gathered near the Abu Raafat Al-Hajj Hussein Mosque.
In another incident northwest of Nablus, settlers seized land in Beit Imrin, taking over the Al-Qemma restaurant and café along with a house under construction before raising Israeli flags over the site.
Further south, in Masafer Yatta, eight Palestinians were injured after settlers, backed by Israeli forces, attacked residents in the Asfi al-Fawqa area, according to the Red Crescent.
Settlers also entered the archaeological site of Khirbet Rabud near Dura, south of Hebron (Al Khalil), while a new settlement outpost was reportedly established on Palestinian land belonging to the town of Arraba, southwest of Jenin.
Homes Raided, Residents Threatened
Israeli forces continued overnight military operations across the southern West Bank, raiding several homes in Yatta, south of Hebron.
Anti-settlement activist Osama Makhamra told WAFA that soldiers searched homes in the Al-Mazra’a area, causing extensive property damage.
Among the homes raided was that of the Al-Jabour family, whose members were reportedly threatened with arrest and warned that their homes in the Huwara area of Masafer Yatta could be demolished if they resisted repeated settler attacks.
The Al-Jabour family has endured repeated assaults by Israeli settlers, often accompanied by occupation soldiers, who have attacked residents and damaged agricultural land in the area.
Arrest Campaign Expands
Meanwhile, Israeli forces launched additional raids across occupied East Jerusalem and the northern West Bank.
According to Al Mayadeen, two Palestinian youths were detained during a raid on Qalandiya refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.
In the village of Fahma, southwest of Jenin, Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian man identified as the father of three Palestinian prisoners after raiding his home.
Israeli occupation troops also entered the town of Al-Doha, west of Bethlehem, deploying throughout several neighborhoods.
The latest operations form part of Israel’s nearly daily military raids across the occupied West Bank, which are frequently accompanied by arrests, searches and the destruction of civilian property.
According to official Palestinian figures, intensified Israeli military operations and settler violence since October 2023 have killed at least 1,175 Palestinians, injured 12,919, displaced 33,000, and resulted in the arrest of nearly 24,000 Palestinians throughout the occupied West Bank.
(Anadolu, WAFA, Al Mayadeen, PC)
