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Raids across West Bank
Israeli occupation forces carried out coordinated raids across the occupied West Bank early Saturday, storming homes, arresting Palestinians, and tightening military measures in several governorates as settler attacks continued in multiple areas.
“Israeli occupation forces today, Saturday, raided a number of cities and towns in the occupied West Bank, with raids and arrests, in parallel with attacks carried out by settlers in several areas”
In Jenin, Israeli soldiers detained Nasr al-Din Sari Samour after raiding his home before taking him for interrogation inside Jenin refugee camp.
In Nablus, troops arrested former prisoner Awni al-Shakhshir during a raid on the Electricity Housing neighborhood west of the city, while Ibrahim al-Fino was detained during an incursion into the Old Askar refugee camp.
The raids also targeted eastern al-Mazra’a, Qabatiya, neighborhoods east of Nablus, Azzun Atma south of Qalqilya, Tubas, Aqaba, al-Far’a refugee camp, and Biddu northwest of occupied Jerusalem, where Israeli forces closed roads and disrupted movement.
In parallel, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said illegal settlers assaulted Palestinian farmers under the protection of Israeli forces in Idhna, west of Hebron, where Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets during the attack.
Detentions and injuries
The wave of raids included arrests and injuries tied to specific localities, with Al-Jazeera Net describing operations in Nablus that included arresting Awni al-Shakhshir after raiding his home and arresting Ibrahim Al-Fino during the raid on the Old Askar refugee camp.
In Ramallah and al-Bireh, Israeli forces entered the center of Ramallah and raided the town of al-Mazra’a al-Sharqiya east of the city, while settlers also raided the town of Deir Jarir northeast of Ramallah under the protection of the occupation forces.
Al-Jazeera Net also reported that in Tubas, occupation forces raided the town of Aqaba and the city of Tubas, alongside the raid on the Al-Far’a refugee camp in the south of the governorate.
In a related context, Al-Jazeera Net said three Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets, and settlers stole four sheep in the village of Umm Safa northwest of Ramallah.
The head of the Umm Safa village council, Marwan Sabah, said settlers attacked the outskirts of the village and stole the livestock, adding that the occupation forces fired rubber bullets during the raid, which led to the injury of three residents.
Water, demolitions, and stakes
The Palestine Chronicle described how Israeli occupation authorities continued measures targeting Palestinian land and infrastructure, including demolition notices delivered in the village of Deir Abu Da’if east of Jenin for a 50-square-meter agricultural structure and a water well serving local farmland.
“ByPalestine Chronicle Staff Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of coordinated raids across the occupied West Bank early Saturday, storming homes, arresting Palestinians and tightening military measures in several governorates as settler attacks continued in multiple areas”
It said the notices came amid continued Israeli restrictions on Palestinian agricultural development in Area C of the occupied West Bank.
The same report said Israeli forces raided the village of Deir Jarir east of Ramallah and searched Palestinian sheep farms, claiming they were looking for missing livestock.
In Jerusalem Governorate reporting within the Palestine Chronicle, it warned that the seizure of the Ein Rawabi spring east of Anata threatens the livelihoods of local shepherding communities, describing the spring as the only reliable water source for dozens of Bedouin families and approximately 1,300 sheep.
The Palestine Chronicle also said Israeli forces delivered demolition orders against eight Palestinian structures in the village of Jawaya, near Hebron, according to local sources.
