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MapIsraeli Occupation Forces Evict 25 Tulkarm Families, Arrest 45 Palestinians in West Bank
“Israeli authorities designated 2,536 dunams of land as ‘state property’”
“occupation forces fired live ammunition”
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25 families displaced in Tulkarm as forces raid and convert homes into military barracks. 45 Palestinians detained across West Bank in raids, including five women and two journalists.
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Tulkarm evacuations and arrests
Israeli occupation forces forced Palestinian families in the city of Tulkarm in the northern West Bank to evacuate their homes as they conducted arrests of dozens of Palestinians and seized more land. The Palestinian official news agency said large forces from the occupation army stormed the area and forced residents to leave their homes forcibly, allowing them to take only a few simple belongings.
The Palestinian Prisoners Club (Ahli) said Israeli occupation forces launched a wide arrest campaign in various areas of the West Bank, affecting no fewer than 45 citizens, including 5 women and two journalists, one of whom is journalist Hazem Nasser, whom the occupation authorities re-arrested after only two weeks of release. The Jerusalem Governorate said municipal diggers demolished a house of 80 square meters, built about 25 years ago, in the al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the demolitions raised the number of houses demolished in the al-Bustan neighborhood over the past three years to 63.
Detentions across governorates
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said Israeli occupation forces carried out a new wave of arrests across the occupied West Bank, detaining at least 45 Palestinians, including from occupied Jerusalem, between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. PPS reported that the raids targeted multiple Palestinian towns and refugee camps, including Qabatiya, south of Jenin, Deir al-Hatab near Nablus, and the Shuafat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem.
PPS said Israeli forces not only carried out arrests but also engaged in assaults, abuse, and field interrogations, subjecting detainees and their families to harsh treatment. PPS stressed that arbitrary arrests have become one of the occupation’s most systematic and daily tools of oppression, targeting Palestinians from all walks of life, including children, women, academics, activists, former prisoners, and community leaders.
Land reclassification and escalation
The Palestinian Committee Against the Wall and Settlements revealed that occupation authorities announced 2,536 dunams of land belonging to the villages of Beitillu, al-Mazra’a al-Qibliya, and Deir Ammar, northwest of Ramallah, as ‘government property.’ The committee explained that the purpose of the confiscation is to connect a group of settlements, warning of subjecting additional areas to the classification of “government property” and pressuring the surrounding Palestinian villages.
The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said Israeli authorities designated 2,536 dunams of land as "state property" across the villages of Beitillu, Al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya, and Deir 'Ammar, northwest of Ramallah. The commission warned that the land reclassification intends to expand and connect surrounding Israeli settlements, stretching from Halamish and Ateret to the Talmonim bloc and Dolev, severing geographic continuity between Palestinian communities and restricting local access to agricultural lands.