At least 5 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in West Bank: Report
The Wafa news agency reports that Israeli forces have carried out a wave of overnight raids and arrests across the occupied West Bank, a near-daily occurrence since the outbreak of the Gaza war.
During the incursions, it said Israeli forces:
- Arrested five people in towns near Bethlehem after storming their relatives’ homes.
- Deployed dozens of military vehicles as well as snipers to the centre of Nablus city, where some people had to evacuate their homes due to raids.
- Raided and set up military patrols in the town of Tammun, near the city of Tubas.
- Raided a home in al-Yamoun town, near the city of Jenin, and damaged property.
Dozens injured in Nablus as Israeli raid continues in occupied West Bank
An intensive raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus has now continued for more than nine hours, reports the Wafa news agency.
Israeli forces deployed in the Old City have fired tear gas, injuring at least 25 people, our colleagues on the ground have quoted the Palestinian Red Crescent as reporting.
Another Palestinian being pursued by Israeli forces has also been injured by gunfire, according to local medical sources.
Israeli forces took $447,000 from Ramallah exchange shop during yesterday’s raid: Israeli police
Israeli security forces seized about 1.5 million shekels ($447,000) while raiding the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday, according to Israeli police.
The forces took the funds from a money exchange shop in central Ramallah, claiming it was being sent to Hamas.
“Forces seized significant sums of money in both foreign and local currencies, with a total value of approximately 1,528,832 shekels, including US dollars, Jordanian dinars, euros, and other foreign currencies,” said the statement. It added that Israeli forces arrested nine people during the operation.
As we reported, Israeli forces also injured dozens of people during the Ramallah raid, including a 13-year-old child, who was shot.
Israel regularly carries out raids at will across the occupied West Bank, but incursions into central Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority, are less frequent.
Nearly 1,000 Palestinians killed in occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023: UN
At least 982 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers since the war on Gaza began, according to the United Nations Human Rights Office.
In a post on X, the UN agency referred to the Israeli raid last week on al-Mughayyir village as “another example of the ongoing oppression of and coercion against Palestinians”.
The Israeli military last week destroyed about 3,000 olive trees in the village near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the head of the local council said.
In the occupied West Bank, 982 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces & settlers since October 2023 alone, and over 42,000 forcibly displaced by operations, home demolitions & settler attacks.
This weekend’s violence in Al Mughayyir is yet another example of the… pic.twitter.com/0JYnbNXt09
— UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) August 27, 2025
Number of Palestinians injured in Israeli raid on Nablus jumps to 80
We have reported earlier that an ongoing Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus had injured at least 25 Palestinians. We are now getting information from medical sources that the number of casualties in the city jumped to 80, including one Palestinian who was wounded with live ammunition.
