Israeli Occupation Forces Land by Air in Tubas, Impose Curfew and Mass Raids

Israeli occupation forces raid Tubas, in the northern West Bank. (Photo: via social media)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israeli occupation forces re-entered Tubas and Jenin just one day after withdrawing, imposing curfews, conducting airborne landings, expelling families from their homes, and expanding military operations across the occupied West Bank amid continued escalation.

Israeli occupation forces carried out an airborne landing of infantry units in two locations within the Tubas governorate in the northern occupied West Bank, according to Al-Jazeera. 

Israeli occupation soldiers also forced Palestinian families from their homes in the Jabriyat neighborhood of Jenin during the same escalation.

The landing reportedly took place in the Al-Ahraash and Tubas Plain areas between the town of Aqaba and the city of Tubas. 

Eyewitnesses cited by Al-Jazeera said Israeli occupation forces blocked major access roads with earth mounds and raided several Palestinian homes and businesses amid heavy drone and helicopter activity over the area.

At the same time, the occupation continued its incursion into Aqaba, just north of Tubas, hours after withdrawing from the area following a four-day military offensive marked by destruction, vandalism, and violence against civilians.

According to the Anadolu news agency, Israeli troops stormed Tubas and Aqaba again at dawn, only 24 hours after claiming to pull out, resuming raids and ground operations.

Large Israeli military units were deployed throughout the governorate, enforcing a full curfew and deploying bulldozers to block additional roads and isolate neighborhoods, eyewitnesses said.

Residents reported that troops raided homes, converting some into military outposts. The Tubas Governorate stated that the renewed incursion followed days of widespread destruction of private and public property, alongside mass arrests and injuries.

Tubas Governor Ahmed Al-Asaad told Al Jazeera that the occupation imposed a total lockdown, forcing residents out of their homes and preventing medical teams from reaching the wounded. He held the Israeli government fully responsible for the ongoing assault and paralysis of daily life.

The Director of Education in Tubas announced the suspension of all in-person schooling and a shift to remote learning, due to the military-enforced curfew that began at 4 a.m.

The current raid follows a large-scale Israeli assault launched last Wednesday across Tubas city, surrounding villages, and Al-Far’a refugee camp that continued for four days. 

A similar attack is underway in Qabatiya, south of Jenin, where a curfew has been declared and residential homes have again been seized for military use, according to eyewitnesses.

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Residents reported arrests, home invasions, and the forced displacement of families in multiple areas across the northern occupied West Bank. In Hebron (Al-Khalil), illegal Israeli Jewish settlers detained Palestinians and vandalized agricultural land in the village of Al-Burj.

Military raids and settler attacks have escalated across the occupied West Bank since the beginning of Israel’s assault on Gaza. More than 1,085 Palestinians have been killed, nearly 11,000 injured, and over 21,000 detained during this period.

(PC, AJA)

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