West Bank11 October, 20262 min read
Israeli Forces Arrest 17 Palestinians in West Bank Raids, Settlers Steal Olive Fruits
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17 Palestinians detained during dawn West Bank raids, including freed prisoners. Settlers assaulted Palestinian towns, stealing olive crops amid operations.
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Dawn raids and arrests
Israeli occupation forces launched raids and arrests in the West Bank at dawn on Sunday, including the detention of several freed prisoners, while settlers carried out attacks to steal olive fruits. The Prisoner Information Office said the occupation forces arrested 17 citizens during broad raids in the West Bank, including freed prisoners. Local sources said the occupation forces arrested 9 citizens from Tulkarem Governorate, including freed prisoners Iyaad Hasni Nasser and Essam Faqha from Nour Sha'mas Camp, and Mahmoud Riyad Frij and Mohamed Ghanem from Shuweika neighborhood.
In Jenin, occupation forces raided the town of Jaba south of Jenin and arrested the freed prisoner Ahmad Sultana, and they raided the town of Qabatia south of the city after a special unit infiltrated it. In Nablus, occupation forces raided the city through the Huwwara checkpoint and the village of Salim east of Nablus, and they closed the entrances to the town of Ma’da in the south of Nablus.
Settlers steal olives
Settler attacks unfolded alongside the raids, with Israeli settlers stealing olive fruits, uprooting electricity poles, and beating a citizen during the olive harvest season. In Ramallah Governorate, settlers attacked the village of Ein Yabrud east of the city, while others uprooted electricity poles in the town of Deir Dabwan east of the governorate, causing a power outage in the Ma’arij area. In the same context, settlers stole olives from the eastern plain area in the village of al-Masira north-east of Ramallah, in an assault aimed at farmers and their livelihoods during the olive harvest season.
In Bethlehem Governorate, citizen Ziyad Younis was injured by settlers who beat him during an attack on the town of al-Khadr south of the governorate. The Palestinian Grassroots Resistance to the Wall and Settlements Commission said more than 45,000 trees were cut or damaged in the West Bank during the first half of 2026, including more than 26,000 olive trees.
Detentions across governorates
Israeli occupation forces also carried out arrests across multiple governorates, with Shabakat Filasṭīn al-ikhbārīyah describing kidnappings from Hebron and At-Tiba east of it. The report said the occupation forces broke into several neighborhoods of the city, raided and searched houses before arresting Omar Ayman Abu Zeina Kitteba and Haitham Faiz Dandis, and it said they arrested Mohammed Murad Hariabat after entering At-Tiba west of Hebron. In Bethlehem, the report said Israeli occupation forces arrested three citizens from the Bethlehem Governorate, including Mohammed Munir Ismail Abdul Rahman from the Aida refugee camp.
In Tulkarm, the report said the occupation forces arrested, at dawn on Sunday, nine citizens from the Tulkarm Governorate, including released prisoners Iyad Hasani Nasser and Issam Fuqahaa from the Noor Shams refugee camp. In Jenin, the report said occupation forces arrested six citizens during raids on several areas in Jenin Governorate, and it added that Civil Defense in Qabatya reported receiving an injury inside the house that was raided, described as moderate, before he was transported to Jenin Hospital.