Israeli military carries out West Bank raids, settlers attack Palestinian property
The Israeli military has carried out raids across the occupied West Bank over recent hours, according to our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues.
Reported incidents include:
- The Israeli military has stormed the town of Attil, north of Tulkarem, and arrested two Palestinian youths.
- Israeli forces have launched an arrest campaign during a raid on the Abu Sneineh neighbourhood in the city of Hebron.
- Israeli soldiers have stormed Palestinian homes during a raid on the town of Huwara, south of Nablus.
Israeli settlers have also burned two Palestinian-owned vehicles during an attack on the town of al-Maniya, southeast of Bethlehem, according to the Quds News Network.
Israeli forces arrest Fatah members in occupied West Bank raids
The Israeli military has stormed a home in the occupied West Bank town of Kafr ad-Dik, west of Salfit, and arrested two men, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.
The detained men were identified as Jamal Hammad, a member of the Revolutionary Council of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah), and Ahmad Abdul Karim al-Deek, Fatah’s deputy secretary in Salfit.
Israeli forces also continue to detain Abdel Sattar Awad, Fatah’s secretary in Salfit, who was arrested in a raid on September 4.
Fatah is the largest faction of the multiparty Palestine Liberation Organization, the internationally recognised representative of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Israeli settlers attack second Palestinian West Bank town
Earlier, we reported that Israeli settlers burned two Palestinian-owned vehicles during an attack on the occupied West Bank town of al-Maniya, southeast of Bethlehem. Wafa now reports that Israeli settlers have also attacked Atara, north of Ramallah, writing racist slogans on a wall and attempting to set a vehicle on fire.
Israeli forces arrest mayor of Palestinian town near Jenin
Israeli troops have targeted another Palestinian official in their latest raid in the occupied West Bank. According to the Wafa news agency, Israeli forces raided the town of Silat ad-Dhahr, near Jenin, and arrested the municipal mayor, Abdel Fattah Abu Ali, along with three other people.
Soldiers also raided homes during incursions in nearby Palestinian towns.
Israel arrests 14 more in West Bank: Report
Israeli forces have carried out another wave of arrests in the occupied West Bank, targeting the areas of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Ramallah and Hebron. According to Wafa, the Israeli army –
- arrested four people in the Aida camp, near Bethlehem, and nearby areas;
- arrested four people, including several former prisoners, in the town of Attil, near Tulkarem;
- arrested three people in Ramallah governorate;
- raided homes and arrested two people in Hebron;
- arrested one man in Kafr Aqab, near Jerusalem; and
- arrested an unknown number of people in Biddu, near Jerusalem.
Two Israeli soldiers reported wounded in occupied West Bank
We are getting reports of an explosion near Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank. Israeli media is reporting that two soldiers were wounded when an explosive device went off in a military vehicle at a checkpoint.
Israeli forces lay siege to Tulkarem after soldiers wounded
Israel’s military has confirmed one of its vehicles was “hit by an explosive device planted on a security fence” in Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank.
In a post on X, the military said it has besieged the city and is carrying out searches. Israel Army Radio, meanwhile, echoed earlier reports that the explosion – claimed by the Tulkarem branch of the al-Quds Brigades – wounded two Israeli soldiers.
