Israeli military launches raids, arrests across the West Bank
The Israeli military has launched raids across the occupied West Bank over recent hours, including the following areas:
- Abu al-Adas junction, south of Qalqilya, where two Palestinian men have been beaten and arrested
- the Rafidia neighbourhood, west of Nablus
- the New Askar camp, east of Nablus
- the town of Burqin near Jenin
- the city of Bethlehem
Israeli rights groups say Israel ‘committing war crime’ of forcible displacement in West Bank
Israeli human rights group Yesh Din along with Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) have released a new joint report on “Israel’s forcible transfer of Palestinians” in the occupied West Bank, particularly shepherding communities northeast of Ramallah.
Titled “Displaced Communities, Forgotten People”, the report found that more than 1,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from their homes in the area since January 2023, and that “Israel bears responsibility for committing the war crime of forcible transfer of Palestinians in the West Bank”.
“The systematic nature of these acts, and their repetition in different locations lead to the grave conclusion that in certain areas of the West Bank, Israel is implementing practices of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians,” they add.
In the West Bank, the forcible transfer has begun.
Yesh Din and @PHRIsrael are publishing a new report today. Over the past two years, our staff and volunteers have visited Palestinian shepherding communities east of the Allon road, northeast of Ramallah, dozens of times. These… pic.twitter.com/7GF8zVKtsu
— Yesh Din English (@Yesh_Din) April 4, 2025
Israeli offensive in Jenin, Tulkarem marks 75 days of destruction
The Israeli military offensive in the north of the occupied West Bank enters its 75th day in Jenin and 69th in Tulkarem amid the continuing destruction of Palestinian properties.
The UNRWA said on Friday that the scale of displacement caused by the Israeli assault is “unprecedented since the 1967 war”.
Israeli forces sent more troops into Tulkarem over the weekend and gunfire could be heard in the Nur Shams refugee camp, which has also been under siege for several weeks.
Elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces carried out raids on Sa’ir, northeast of Hebron, Kafr Nima, west of Ramallah, Kafr ad-Dik, west of Salfit and Beita, south of Nablus.
The daily raids, mass arrests and killings in the Palestinian territory have spiked since the Hamas-led October 7 attack:
- At least 952 people, including 192 children, have been killed; 117 have been killed since the start of this year.
- More than 8,115 Palestinians have been wounded.
- At least 15,500 Palestinians have been arrested. As of April, Israel has imprisoned 9,792 Palestinians, 3,498 of whom have been detained without charge.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank
Sources are reporting that Israeli settlers have attacked people on their farmland in the area of Masafer Yatta, which is south of the city of Hebron.
Earlier, settlers attacked the homes of citizens in the al-Dhubat neighbourhood of Beit Furik, east of Nablus. Local sources told Al Jazeera that the settlers attacked the homes and property of citizens under the protection of the Israeli army, which fired tear gas and sound grenades at homes.
