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SvennoJ on 25 September 2025
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Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians in clashes in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces engaged in a deadly clash with Palestinians during an overnight raid on the town of Tammun, near Tubas, in the occupied West Bank, reports the Wafa news agency.

Israeli troops surrounded a home in the town and fired at it for hours, killing two young men. Local sources told Al Jazeera the dead men’s names are Mohammad Qassem and Alaa Joudat.

PIJ confirms 2 members killed in Tammun gun battle

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has now confirmed that they were members of its armed wing, identifying them as a commander and a fighter in the Tammun company of Tubas Battalion. Al-Quds Brigades said its fighters remain committed to “resistance until liberation and return”.

The Israeli military said it worked with security agency Shin Bet to kill the “terrorists” who “planned to carry out an attack imminently”. It confirmed that Israeli soldiers fired machineguns and a grenade launcher at the house.


Israeli settler raid and army arrests in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers descended on the Masafer Yatta area in Hebron, a Palestinian community repeatedly targeted. They tried to intimidate a gathering of Shi’b al-Butm, people of a small herding hamlet in the South Hebron Hills.

Elsewhere in Hebron, Israeli soldiers launched multiple incursions, including on the town of Sa’ir and the Fawwar refugee camp, arresting at least five people.

Wafa reported at least six more were arrested in Ramallah, with another raid taking place in Qalqilya.


Israeli soldiers round up and arrest Palestinians in the occupied West Bank’s Tulkarem earlier this month


Mayor, journalist, ex-prisoner among West Bank Palestinians detained

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office has confirmed a journalist was arrested by Israeli soldiers during the storming of the town of Sa’ir, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.

Another man, a former prisoner who had been recently released, was arrested again during an incursion in the town of Halhul near Hebron.

In Salfit, the Wafa news agency said Israeli authorities detained the mayor of Bruqin town along with the representative of Fatah and his deputy after raiding their homes. They were later released.

Another incursion took place in the village of Marda in Salfit, where a young man was arrested.

Translation: Occupation forces demolish walls erected around agricultural land in the town of al-Qubeiba in occupied East Jerusalem.