WEST BANK, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out raids and arrests in different West Bank areas last night and at dawn Wednesday.
Local sources reported that Israeli special forces stormed the eastern neighborhood of Jenin before military reinforcements joined them and help them raid a house in the neighborhood to use it as an interrogation center.
The IOF also raided other homes in the neighborhood and detained and interrogated several citizens.
Two other citizens were taken prisoner during IOF raids in Azzun town, east of Qalqilya, and al-Jalazon refugee camp, east of Ramallah.
In Bethlehem, Israeli forces raided several homes in the city and kidnaped a father and his son.
The IOF also carried out raids on homes and arrests in other areas of the West Bank.
In another context, the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission reported on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation army confiscated 531 dunums of Palestinian land in the Jenin governorate through two military orders dubbed as “land seizure orders,” citing alleged security and military needs.
According to the Commission, the first order targets 513 dunums belonging to the villages of Jaba, Fandaqumiya, Silat ad-Daher, al‑Attara, and Burqa. It aims to construct a fenced road linking evacuated colonial sites such as Sanur and Homesh.
The second order is intended to seize 17.321 dunums from the villages of Ya’bad and Arraba, extending between the villages of Imreiha and Jabel al‑Oqda, west of the illegal settlement of Mevo Dotan. The military order states an intent to build a security road in the area.
The Israeli army also issued an order to strip 124 dunums of land in Ya’bad town of its tree cover under the pretext of “taking security measures.”
Since the beginning of 2025, the Israeli occupation authority has escalated the issuance of land seizure orders under the guise of military and security purposes.
To date, 91 orders have resulted in the annexation of 2,549 dunums of Palestinian land. These measures, according to the Commission, are designed to impose new faits accomplis on the ground, particularly around settler roads, walls, and buffer zones surrounding illegal settlements and outposts.
