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West Bank raids intensify
Israeli forces destroyed water pipelines and detained two Palestinians during separate raids across the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to local sources cited by Anadolu Ajansı and Latest news from Azerbaijan.
“The Israeli army destroyed water pipelines and detained two Palestinians in separate raids Monday”
Palestinian human rights activist Aref Daraghmeh said Israeli forces destroyed water pipelines in the Atouf and Ras al-Ahmar areas of the Tubas governorate, and he described months of Israeli operations that included clearing agricultural land, damage to water networks, and filling artesian wells.
In the northern Jordan Valley, Israeli forces detained two Palestinian brothers in the Ein al-Hilweh area, while troops raided the village of Tell southwest of Nablus and ordered residents to leave several homes ahead of the planned demolition of a house belonging to Palestinian Farouq Ramadan.
WAFA reported that Israeli occupation forces raided Tell and forced residents of several homes to leave in preparation for the demolition of Farouq Ramadan’s home, who was killed by Israeli forces’ gunfire in late July.
The same WAFA account said that on July 24 Israeli soldiers and terrorist colonists committed a massacre in Tell that killed four members of the same family and injured four others, as village residents confronted a colonist attack.
Detentions, demolitions, and losses
Anadolu Ajansı said Israeli troops raided Tell village and ordered residents to leave several homes ahead of the planned demolition of a house belonging to Palestinian Farouq Ramadan, who was killed on July 24 during an attack by Israeli occupiers on the village.
Local sources told Anadolu that Ramadan had disarmed and killed one of the attackers before being shot dead, and they said three other members of his family were also killed and four Palestinians were injured in the attack.
In the Tubas governorate, Daraghmeh told Anadolu that the area has seen months of Israeli operations involving the clearing of agricultural land, damage to water networks and the filling in of artesian wells, causing heavy losses to local farmers.
WAFA said the raid on Tell came ahead of the demolition of the home of Farouq Ramadan, and it linked the July 24 killing to a confrontation after a colonist attack.
In a separate account, وكاله شهاب الإخبارية described dawn assaults in the occupied West Bank, including the destruction of water transmission lines in the Al-‘Atoof and Al-Ras Al-Ahmar areas southeast of Tubas and military movements in the village of Tel south-west of Nablus to prepare for demolishing the home of martyr Sheikh Farouk Ramadan.
Broader war context
Across the West Bank, the sources tied Monday’s raids and demolitions to the broader escalation since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza in October 2023, with Anadolu Ajansı citing official Palestinian figures.
“killing more than 1,182 Palestinians, injuring around 13,000”
Anadolu Ajansı said that since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, attacks by the Israeli army and occupiers across the occupied West Bank have intensified, killing more than 1,182 Palestinians, injuring around 13,000 and leading to the arrest of nearly 24,000 others.
In the same Anadolu account, Israeli forces also set fire to agricultural land east of Jaljaliya village near Ramallah, before Palestinian civil defense crews brought the blaze under control, according to Wafa.
WAFA’s report on Tell emphasized the immediate step of forcing residents to leave homes ahead of demolition, and it described the July 24 killing of four family members and injuries to four others in Tell.
The broader pattern of targeting property and infrastructure also appeared in وكاله شهاب الإخبارية’s account of bulldozing agricultural lands, destroying water transmission lines, and filling artesian wells, while it described the demolition order for the three-floor home of martyr Sheikh Farouk Ramadan after an appeal to stop the demolition was rejected by the occupation court.