Israeli army arrests four Palestinians in Tubas: Report
The Israeli army has arrested four people in Tubas during a large, ongoing military operation across the West Bank. The Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Tubas as saying that one man and his two sons were among those arrested in a raid on their home.
The Israeli military has been raiding Tubas for a second day and has arrested a total of nine people, the agency said.
Medics reach besieged Tulkarem after being blocked by Israeli troops
We earlier reported that Israeli forces were blocking Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) medics from entering Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank as they carried out deadly raids.
The PRCS now says its teams have been able to enter the Tulkarem camp after Israeli soldiers withdrew from the area. They “immediately began distributing food supplies to the affected families”, it said in a post on X.
Analysts said Israel’s tactics during its deadly incursion into the West Bank appear to be part of a broader doctrine to collectively punish the population, ostensibly because pockets of Palestinian fighters are battling back against Israel’s ever-entrenched occupation.
Red Crescent crews evacuate residents of Tulkarem after a 10-day Israeli siege earlier in September
Israeli forces withdraw from Tubas in occupied West Bank
Israeli soldiers pulled out from the northern West Bank city of Tubas and the nearby Far’a refugee camp following a large-scale military raid, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.
Troops launched an incursion in Tubas that lasted for about 45 hours, it said. Soldiers deployed snipers on rooftops, besieged the area, and busted into homes. Dozens of Palestinians have been arrested.
Wafa quoted the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Tubas as saying another 13 people were detained since Wednesday, some of whom have been released. At least three others were arrested in Far’a.
The role of US citizens in Israel’s war on the West Bank
More than a dozen countries – including the United States, France, the United Kingdom and Australia – have condemned the violence in the occupied West Bank, and some have announced visa restrictions on anyone found to have taken part in settler attacks.
But these restrictions miss a big loophole: dual nationals. It is estimated that of the 700,000 settlers who live in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, at least 60,000 are American citizens.
Israeli settlers torch Palestinian property in West Bank village
Illegal Israeli settlers have burned olive trees and Palestinian property in Yatma, a village south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
“A group of illegal settlers from the Rehelim settlement near Yatma set fire to olive trees, a vehicle, and a scrap yard in the village and they immediately withdrew,” said Ahmed Sanobar, head of the Yatma village council.
According to the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Israeli settlers have killed 19 Palestinians, injured more than 785 others, and displaced 28 Bedouin communities since October 7 of last year.
‘I will not get displaced,’ West Bank resident says after her home’s destroyed
Using heavy machinery and bulldozers, Israeli troops continue their raid in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem and its refugee camp for a third day, razing streets and damaging infrastructure.
Israeli forces have been conducting a series of incursions in the northern West Bank for two weeks with extended raids in Tubas, Jenin and Tulkarem. All three cities have a heavy presence of armed Palestinian groups resisting Israel’s decades-old occupation.
A resident of Tulkarem refugee camp, Maha Bedu, said the Israeli army demolished her house. “It was completely destroyed along with my dreams and hopes,” she said.
“I want to bring a tent, my mattress and cover and put them on the sand. I will not leave my camp. I will not leave my country. What happened to my parents and ancestors, I will not accept. They were displaced. I will not get displaced.”
Streets and infrastructure in all three cities have suffered extensive damage as Israeli forces have dug up roads and targeted fighters. Heavy clashes have been reported.
Five injured by Israeli gunfire near West Bank city of Hebron
Among the five wounded in the town of al-Dhahiriya is a Palestinian child.
Israeli forces and army vehicles had raided the town, south of Hebron, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports. Israeli soldiers also launched tear gas towards residents.
