Israeli troops arrest 7 during dawn raids in Nablus city
Israeli forces arrested seven people from Nablus city in the occupied West Bank.
According to the Wafa news agency, citing security and local sources, Israeli soldiers stormed the city from several areas and raided homes in the Khallet al-Amoud area, the Middle Cooperation, Street 24, and the al-Ein refugee camp, where they arrested five Palestinians.
Troops also stormed the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus city, and arrested two young men after searching their families’ homes.
The escalation in the occupied West Bank comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu advances an illegal settlement expansion plan that would all but eliminate the possibility of a Palestinian state.
Israeli forces demolish 40 homes in al-Sir village
Israeli authorities demolished 40 homes in the village of al-Sir in the Negev desert region, the Wafa news agency reports.
Citing local sources, it said Israeli police fired sound and smoke bombs at protesting residents while fires broke out inside several homes after their owners set them ablaze in response to the arrival of Israeli bulldozers.
Clashes and attacks on civilians were reported.
About 50 families in the village have received immediate demolition orders. According to residents, Israeli forces are also uprooting trees.
UK lawmakers denied entry to occupied West Bank by Israel
Two Labour MPs, Peter Prinsley and Simon Opher, say they were denied entry to the occupied West Bank by Israeli authorities.
In a letter, they said the visit was organised by the Council for Arab-British Understanding to enable parliamentarians to see “vital medical and humanitarian work of a range of organisations” in the Israeli-occupied territory, and the decision to stop them is “deeply regrettable”.
The UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting slammed the move by Israel, calling it “shameful but no longer surprising”.
Hamish Falconer, the UK’s Middle East minister, said it’s “unacceptable” that Opher and Prinsley were denied access.
“I have remained in contact with both colleagues throughout, and I have been clear with the Israeli authorities that this is no way to treat British parliamentarians,” Falconer said.
Unacceptable that two more British MPs have been denied entry to the Occupied Palestinian Territories by Israel.
I have remained in contact with both colleagues throughout and I have been clear with the Israeli authorities that this is no way to treat British parliamentarians.
— Hamish Falconer MP (@HFalconerMP) September 16, 2025
