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Israeli forces continue raids across occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have stepped up their raids in the occupied West Bank, with house searches and field interrogations carried out in multiple locations in recent days. Here is what happened overnight:
- More than 25 Palestinians were arrested in Ya’bad, a town west of Jenin.
- In Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, more than 50 Palestinians were arrested and interrogated. Most were released hours later.
- At least two Palestinians were arrested from Surda, north of Ramallah.
Israeli forces beat, injure man near Jenin
Israeli forces have assaulted a 29-year-old man while raiding the town of Yabad, south of Jenin, according to Wafa news agency. The man was picked up by a Palestinian Red Crescent Society crew and brought to a nearby hospital.
Since the Gaza war broke out in October 2023, attacks by Israeli forces and settlers have wounded more than 10,000 people in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces seize Palestinian land for settlement expansion
Israeli forces have issued new land seizure orders for 140 dunums (about 14 hectares or 35 acres) of privately owned Palestinian land in Anata, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, the Wafa news agency reports.
Local sources said the orders delivered to landowners in Anata indicated that the confiscated land will be used for the construction of a car park and the expansion of roads leading to the illegal Maale Adumim settlement.
According to the report, the move is part of Israel’s efforts to implement the controversial E1 settlement project, which aims to connect Maale Adumim with occupied East Jerusalem. That would cut off the northern occupied West Bank from the south, undermining plans for any future territorially contiguous Palestinian state in the territory.
The location of E1 is significant because it is one of the last geographical links between the major West Bank cities of Ramallah in the north and Bethlehem in the south.
Israeli settlers assault Palestinian man near Hebron
A group of Israeli settlers “severely beat” a young man who was travelling to his home in the Palestinian village of al-Halawa, near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reported. The assault left the man with bruises.
Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, there has been a major uptick in assaults by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank. Such assaults have wounded more than 10,000 Palestinians in the territory, according to figures compiled by Al Jazeera.
