Israeli occupation forces intensified raids across the occupied West Bank as illegal settlers expanded outposts, attacked communities, and seized more Palestinian land.
Key Developments
- Israeli forces carried out raids, arrests, and incursions across multiple West Bank governorates, firing live ammunition and tear gas during operations.
- Illegal Israeli Jewish settlers established a new settlement outpost near Hebron, sabotaged electricity infrastructure near Nablus, and continued attacks on Palestinian communities.
- Israeli military orders confiscated hundreds of dunams of Palestinian land near al-Bireh to construct settlement roads linking illegal settlements.
Israeli Raids Continue across the West Bank
Israeli occupation forces continued their daily raids and arrest campaigns across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, storming cities, refugee camps, and villages while firing live ammunition and tear gas at Palestinian communities.
In Bethlehem, Israeli occupation forces detained three young Palestinians from Dheisheh refugee camp after raiding and searching their homes. The detainees were identified as Hamza Muhammad Fawzi Sajdiya, 21, Qusay Khalid Muhammad Jaafari, 25, and Saif al-Din Yassin Khalil Jabr, 19.
Israeli troops also raided homes in central Bethlehem, posted threatening notices on the walls of Salah al-Din Mosque, stormed the town of Tuqu’, and fired tear gas toward residential neighborhoods before carrying out another incursion into Dheisheh camp.
The West Bank is facing increasing isolation and fragmentation due to around 925 Israeli checkpoints and military gates, cutting off Palestinian cities, towns, and villages and turning them into separate areas that are difficult to access. These checkpoints control Palestinians'… pic.twitter.com/D50fScSTnI
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 2, 2026
In Nablus, Israeli occupation forces entered the city through the Huwwara checkpoint before raiding the eastern neighborhoods and the village of Awarta, searching homes and arresting two Palestinians. Troops also stormed the town of Tell, southwest of Nablus, conducting house raids without making arrests.
Elsewhere, Israeli occupation forces raided Faqou’a and Deir Ghazaleh in Jenin governorate, detained a Palestinian during the operation, and carried out additional incursions into Azzun, east of Qalqilya, and Sinjil, north of Ramallah.
Illegal Settlers Establish New Outpost
Illegal Israeli Jewish settlers also escalated attacks across the occupied West Bank.
South of Nablus, illegal settlers damaged and cut electricity poles during an overnight attack on the town of Madma, causing power outages across the northern section of the community.
In Hebron governorate, settlers established a new settlement outpost in the al-Adisa area of Sa’ir, north of the city, while clashes erupted after Israeli occupation forces entered the town.
In Masafer Yatta, Jewish settlers released livestock near Palestinian homes in the Shaab al-Batim area in what residents described as an attempt to pressure families into leaving their land.
Settlers also stormed the plains surrounding the village of Arabuna, northeast of Jenin.
A colonial Israeli settler grazes his sheep on Palestinian farmland in the She'b Al-Butm area of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, as part of the daily harassment of Palestinians in the region. pic.twitter.com/wCbFP4Q6w8
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 2, 2026
Israel Confiscates More Palestinian Land
Meanwhile, Israeli military authorities issued new orders confiscating hundreds of dunams of Palestinian land in al-Bireh to construct settlement roads serving the nearby illegal settlements.
Al-Bireh Mayor Munif Tarish told Al-Jazeera that the confiscated land would primarily serve the Beit El settlement and create new links to Route 60, further integrating Israeli settlements while fragmenting Palestinian territory.
According to Tarish, between 300 and 400 dunams have been seized under the latest military orders.
According to the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Israeli occupation authorities confiscated more than 4,379 dunams of Palestinian land during the first half of 2026, including 611 dunams seized through military orders alone.
(PC, AJA, Al Mayadeen, WAFA)
