Israeli forces arrest 24 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
Israeli troops have arrested 24 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank.
Wafa news agency reported 22 people, including Palestinian journalists, were detained in dawn raids across Nablus governorate, in Nablus city, the Askar and Balata camps, and the towns of Zawata and Kafr Qallil.
Two others were arrested in the town of Attil in Tulkarem governorate.
While headlines are mainly focused on Israel’s bloody war on Gaza, violence is intensifying in the occupied West Bank. Since October 2023, there’s been a sharp rise in settler attacks, army raids, and forced displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians.
2 Palestinians hospitalised after home catches fire during Israeli raid
A Palestinian home has burned down after Israeli troops fired tear gas canisters during an incursion in Beit Rima, northwest of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
The Wafa news agency reports a man and a woman were hospitalised for smoke inhalation caused by the blaze.
#فيديو | اشتعال النيران في منزل جراء اطلاق قوات الاحتلال لقنابل الغاز خلال اقتحام بلدة بيت ريما شمال غرب رام الله pic.twitter.com/JzaQhjrY8N
— شبكة فلسطين للحوار (@paldf) September 26, 2025
Translation: Fire breaks out in a house after Israeli forces fire tear gas bombs during a raid on the town of Beit Rima, northwest of Ramallah.
‘They’ve completely trapped us’: Israel’s West Bank encroachment
Palestinians in the West Bank have spoken of the struggles of living under Israeli occupation as they face mounting pressure in their daily lives.
Younis Aqel, a farmer from the southern city of Halhul, said the encroaching Israeli presence of illegal settlements has trapped his community. A journey that used to take a couple of minutes can now take more than an hour.
“They’ve completely trapped us between two illegal settlement outposts and two Israeli gates preventing us from reaching our land,” Aqel told Al Jazeera. “But the harassment doesn’t stop here. The Israeli army sometimes simply blocks us from returning to our own homes.”
Israeli settlers raid Palestinian town in occupied West Bank
Settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, have stormed the eastern outskirts of Tammun town in the occupied West Bank, sources tell Al Jazeera.
The Palestinian town is in Tubas governorate, 13km (8 miles) northeast of Nablus.
