Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers intensified attacks across the occupied West Bank, demolishing homes, injuring dozens and carrying out mass detentions overnight.
Key Developments
- Israeli occupation forces withdrew from Qalandiya after a two-day assault that demolished seven homes, damaged others and saw over 70 Palestinians detained.
- The Palestine Red Crescent Society treated 51 people during the Qalandiya raid, as Israeli forces heavily fired tear gas and stun grenades.
- The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said West Bank detentions have now surpassed 25,600 since the beginning of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Qalandiya: Demolitions, Injuries and Mass Detentions
Israeli occupation forces, backed by settler groups, carried out widespread attacks across the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem overnight Thursday into Friday, raiding towns and refugee camps, storming homes and demolishing Palestinian property.
One of the most intense operations took place in the Qalandiya refugee camp, between occupied Jerusalem and Ramallah, where Israeli occupation forces withdrew following a two-day assault.
During the operation, Israeli occupation forces demolished seven Palestinian homes and several other structures, while dozens of additional properties sustained damage.
Troops searched the refugee camp house by house, detaining more than 70 Palestinians and subjecting many residents to field interrogations.
Footage documenting the moments when Israeli forces raided residents' homes in the Qalandiya Refugee Camp, north of occupied Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/BRs0FQkKIj
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The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its medical crews treated 51 Palestinians for injuries sustained during the Israeli assault.
Israeli occupation forces fired heavy barrages of tear gas and stun grenades around the entrance to Qalandia and in the neighboring town of Kafr Aqab, north of occupied al-Quds.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), the detention campaign was accompanied by severe beatings, threats and the binding and restraining of Palestinians during interrogations.
Israeli occupation forces also converted several Palestinian homes into makeshift interrogation centers while damaging and destroying residents’ belongings.
Raids and Settler Attacks
The assault extended across numerous areas of the occupied West Bank.
In Jenin, Israeli occupation forces stormed Deir Abu Daif, east of the city, raided a home in the al-Hadaf neighborhood near Jenin refugee camp and entered the Jabal Abu Dhahir area.
In Tubas, occupation forces raided areas surrounding al-Faraa refugee camp and stormed Palestinian homes in Tammun. Illegal Israeli settlers meanwhile continued their incursions into Khirbet Samra in the northern Jordan Valley.
Israeli occupation forces also expanded their operations in the Tulkarm governorate, searching homes in Kafr Abbush and storming residences in Kafr Jammal, southwest of the city.
In Nablus, illegal Israeli Jewish settlers stormed the eastern part of Rujeib, while another group entered a cemetery in Awarta and installed surveillance cameras.
Illegal settlers also stormed the Burak Sulayman site in Artas, south of Bethlehem.
The Israeli army has launched a large-scale raid on the Qalandiya refugee camp, located north of Jerusalem.
اقتحام واسع لمخيم قلنديا شمال القدس pic.twitter.com/59kMVyZPl1
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Further south, Israeli occupation forces raided al-Arroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil, as well as the city of Yatta.
In Masafer Yatta, illegal settlers cut through a fence surrounding the home of Salem al-Hathaleen in Umm al-Khair, amid an ongoing campaign targeting the family.
The latest incident follows repeated settler attempts to occupy part of the al-Hathaleen family home, alongside attacks carried out under Israeli military protection.
More than 25,600 Palestinians Detained
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society described the ongoing Israeli offensive as the broadest military assault on the occupied West Bank since the Second Intifada, warning that Palestinian refugee camps have become central targets.
According to the organization, Israeli operations have increasingly involved mass detentions, field interrogations, torture and extrajudicial killings, affecting Palestinians across all sections of society, including women, children, elderly people, the wounded and the sick.
The PPS said these practices amount to a policy of collective punishment against Palestinian communities.
It further revealed that the number of Palestinians detained across the occupied West Bank since the beginning of Israel’s genocide in Gaza has now surpassed 25,600.
The organization warned that the scale of arrests, torture, demolitions and killings reflects an increasingly dangerous phase in Israel’s systematic targeting of Palestinians across the occupied West Bank.
(PC, QNN, Al Mayadeen)
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