Israeli forces raid occupied West Bank’s Hebron, Bethlehem: Report
Israeli forces have carried out early-morning raids in several areas of the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency. Forces stormed Hebron, searched numerous homes and arrested three people, the report said.
Elsewhere, forces raided and took positions in Bethlehem and the nearby town of Beit Sahour, without making any arrests, it added.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian homes near Bethlehem: Report
A group of Israeli settlers have surrounded Palestinian homes in the Khala’il al-Luz area, near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and hurled stones at them, according to the Wafa news agency.
According to local sources quoted by the agency, the settlers were shielded by Israeli forces who fired sound bombs and tear gas in the area.
As we’ve reported, Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank has surged in recent months. As of December 24, the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) had recorded more than 1,770 settler attacks in 2025 that caused casualties or damaged property.
Israeli bulldozers destroy farmland, uproot olive trees near occupied West Bank’s Ramallah
Israeli forces have bulldozed agricultural land and uprooted olive trees in the occupied West Bank town of Turmus Aya, north of Ramallah, according to the Wafa news agency.
Witnesses told Wafa that Israeli forces stormed the area around the home of the Abu Awwad family, destroying farmland and uprooting dozens of ancient olive trees. The bulldozing is part of a wider campaign in the area, Wafa reported, with Israeli authorities having uprooted about 4,000 olive trees over the past three months.
Thousands of dunums of land have been levelled during that time, reportedly to benefit a newly established Israeli outpost west of the town.
Israel claims to have arrested over 100 ‘wanted’ people in occupied West Bank
Israel’s military has issued a statement on its latest incursions across the occupied West Bank, claiming it rounded up more than 100 “wanted” individuals over the past week. It claimed several of those arrested were Hamas members plotting attacks against Israeli forces. Others, it claimed, were suspected of trafficking weapons, while others were wanted for hurling stones and Molotov cocktails.
During a raid in Hebron, the military said its forces seized weapons and more than 1 million shekels ($310,000) in what it called “terror funds”.
As we’ve reported, a large number of Palestinians in Israeli custody – more than 3,000 – are being held without charge or trial, in what rights groups have slammed as a form of arbitrary detention.
Israeli settlers assault family, vandalise West Bank mosque: Report
The Wafa news agency is reporting several new attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, amid a continuing surge in settler violence.
The agency quoted Eid Brahmeh, director of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, as saying a group of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian family near Jericho, “severely” assaulting several people.
Meanwhile, in the town of Deir Ballut, near Salfit, another group of Israeli settlers broke into and vandalised a mosque, Wafa quoted local sources as saying.
