WEST BANK, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), Israeli forces and settlers escalated their violations across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank overnight and into early Wednesday, targeting Palestinian citizens and property.
In Nablus, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the city and kidnaped five citizens from their homes.
In Qalqilya, the IOF carried out raids in the city of Qalqilya and the towns of Azzun and Kafr Thulth and kidnaped two young men from their homes.
In Jenin, two young men were taken prisoner following IOF raids in the towns of Ya’bad and Meithalun.
In al-Khalil, three citizens were kidnaped by Israeli forces during raids in the village of Majd and the refugee camps of al-Fawwar and al-Arroub.
The Asra Media Office, however, said that the IOF kidnaped at least 17 citizens during dawn and morning raids in the West Bank.
Alongside the IOF raids, extremist Jewish settlers escalated their attacks against Palestinians and their property, setting vehicles ablaze, assaulting farmers, destroying agricultural property, and expanding an outpost.
According to media sources, over 50 Israeli settlers attacked the village of al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya in southern Nablus late Tuesday, setting fire to vehicles at a scrapyard and sparking clashes with local residents before withdrawing as Israeli military vehicles stormed the area.
Those settlers reportedly arrived from nearby illegal outposts, poured accelerants over the vehicles and set them alight before clashes broke out with villagers.
The settlers withdrew from the area following the clashes before IOF vehicles entered the village. Local media published footage showing flames engulfing the scrapyard and threatening nearby homes as firefighters struggled to contain the blaze.
In the Ramallah area, settlers vandalized agricultural land in the town of Sinjil, damaging its fencing and gates.
Other settler groups attacked olive harvesters in the town of Deir Abu Mash’al in Ramallah, smashing the windows of two vehicles, while Israeli forces intervened and fired tear gas canisters towards local residents.
Earlier in the morning, settlers erected a new shack at an illegal outpost in the west of the Silwad town, northeast of Ramallah.
In al-Khalil, armed settlers attacked farmers in the village of Beit al-Rush and prevented them from plowing their land, leaving several residents suffering from tear gas exposure. Israeli forces later arrested two farmers from the al-Huraibat family following the incident.
