WEST BANK (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched a series of overnight raids and incursions across multiple areas of the West Bank, involving arbitrary arrests, property damage, and the violent search of Palestinian homes.
The operations, carried out overnight and into Thursday morning, were met with armed resistance and widespread confrontations.
In Jenin, Palestinian resistance fighters targeted Israeli military vehicles with an improvised explosive device between the towns of Fahma and Arraba, signalling a continuation of armed resistance in the region.
In al-Khalil, three Palestinian youths were shot and injured by IOF gunfire in the town of Beit Ummar, north of the city. During the same incursion, Israeli forces stormed a mosque and fired tear gas canisters at worshipers, while additional raids were reported in the Jabal Malouh area of Beit Awwa.
In the northern West Bank, Israeli forces raided the town of Attil, north of Tulkarem, and stormed a currency exchange shop in the city center.
In Nablus, military units stormed Sufyan Street in the city center and shot and injured a young man in Balata Refugee Camp.
In Qalqilya, the IOF arrested the mother, brother, and sister of the alleged perpetrator of the recent Kedumim attack, known locally as the “Hammer Operation”, following a raid on their family home.
Meanwhile, in Ramallah, the IOF fired stun grenades and tear gas at residential homes during a raid on the town of Shuqba, west of the city. Palestinian youth responded to the escalating violence by hurling Molotov cocktails at a settler bus near the illegal Shilo settlement, northeast of Ramallah.
As attacks by Israeli forces and settlers continue to intensify across the West Bank, Palestinian groups have issued renewed calls to escalate resistance and confrontation through all available means, underscoring the growing frustration and defiance in the face of ongoing violations of Palestinian rights.
