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by IMEMC News
July 16, 2025

On Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers assaulted and injured a Palestinian worker, abducted dozens of Palestinian citizens and assaulted others, while illegal colonizers stormed several areas, assaulted citizens, and erected tents.

Israeli occupation forces injured a Palestinian worker at Qalandia military checkpoint, north of occupied Jerusalem, on Tuesday evening.

The Jerusalem Governorate reported that the Israeli occupation forces left the worker at the Qalandia military checkpoint, after he had sustained injuries to his feet after falling from the Israeli Annexation Wall.

Israeli occupation forces persecute workers daily along the separation wall and apartheid expansion in the villages and towns of the West Bank, preventing thousands from reaching their workplaces within the 1948 territories, abducting many of them, and injuring dozens with live fire or suffocation from toxic gas.

In addition, illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers assaulted Ahmad Al-Moghrabi, a bus driver, while he was driving near a colony in Beit Hanina town, north of occupied Jerusalem, causing various cuts and bruises, especially to his head and face.

Meanwhile, the United Nations warned on Tuesday that mass displacement in the occupied West Bank has reached unprecedented levels since the beginning of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank nearly 60 years ago .

The United Nations said that the Israeli aggression that began in the northern West Bank in January has displaced tens of thousands of people, raising fears of possible “ethnic cleansing . ”

“The (Israeli) military operation is the longest since… the Second Intifada” in the early 2000s , said Juliette Touma, a spokeswoman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

“This is affecting many refugee camps in the region and causing the largest population displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank since 1967 , ” she told reporters in Geneva via video link from Jordan.

The following attacks by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank were documented by local sources on Tuesday:

Northern West Bank

Tulkarem: Israeli forces abducted six Palestinians from the Thanaba suburb in Tulkarem city, and one in the village of Seida, northeast of Tulkarem, in the northwestern part of the West Bank.

Media sources reported that occupation forces invaded the Thanaba suburb, stormed the homes of the citizens, Abdul Hafez Jabr, Adnan Jabr, Alaa Jabr, Osayd Muammar Saruji, Qais Saber Anbar, and Khalil Sobhi Anbar, before abducting them.

Sources added that the army abducted the citizen, Adi Abdul-Mo’ti Ashqar, after breaking into his home in the village of Saida.

Qalqilia: Israeli forces abducted a young man in the village of Beit Amin, southeast of Qalqilia, in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said that occupation forces invaded Beit Amin village, deployed soldiers in several neighborhoods, and abducted the young man, Osaid Jum’a Odah, after storming and searching his home.

Tubas: Occupation forces abducted a Palestinian citizen while he was grazing his livestock in the village of Atouf, southeast of Tubas in the northeastern part of the West Bank.

The director of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) in Tubas, Kamal Bani Odeh, told WAFA that Israeli forces abducted the young man, Imad Hassan Bani Odeh, while he was tending to his livestock near the Atouf Gate.

Nablus: Israeli occupation forces have been expanding their military deployment for hours in the village of Tell, west of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

Local sources told WAFA that Israeli occupation forces stormed Tal with several military vehicles, patrolled the village’s streets, and fired sound bombs and tear gas. No injuries were reported.

Earlier, settlers, under the protection of the occupation army, attacked the home of citizen Mohammed Saleh in the village of Al-Nasaria, north of Nablus.

Israeli occupation forces fired flares over Nablus city in the occupied West Bank: [See Photo]

Central West Bank:

Jericho: Illegal Israeli colonizers attacked and threatened Palestinian citizens in the town of Al-Auja, north of Jericho, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank.

The general supervisor of the Al-Baidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, Hassan Mleihat, told the WAFA News Agency that Israeli settlers, under the protection of the army, attacked Palestinians with sticks, unleashed their dogs against them, and threatened to burn their homes if they do not leave the area.

Al Bireh (Ramallah):

Prisoners’ institutions, national and Islamic forces, the General Union of Palestinian Women, and the Popular Struggle Front organized a vigil on Wednesday in support of prisoners and the people of the Gaza Strip, and to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the General Union of Palestinian Women and the launch of the Popular Struggle Front. The vigil was held in the courtyard of the Al-Bireh Cultural Center in Al-Bireh.

In a speech on behalf of the General Union of Palestinian Women, Fatah Central Committee member Dalal Salama called for an end to the aggression and genocide against our people in the Gaza Strip and for the rejection of all attempts and conferences aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause.

Salama pointed out that the General Union of Palestinian Women was established to serve as a framework for the struggle to defend the rights of Palestinian women, who have been and continue to be essential partners in the national struggle, despite the daily crimes committed by the occupation and its settlers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

For his part, Wasel Abu Yousef, member of the PLO Executive Committee and coordinator of national forces and factions, emphasized in a speech on behalf of the prisoners’ institutions and national forces that the demolition, killing, and abuse our people in the West Bank are subjected to will not break their will to continue the struggle for freedom and independence.

He added, “Today, we stand in support of our prisoners who are facing the harshest forms of torture and abuse in the occupation’s prisons. We demand that the occupation’s crimes be exposed and that the genocide being perpetrated against our people be halted.”

Palestinians gathered to mourn the death of two Palestinians killed by Israeli settlers in Sinjil in the occupied West Bank on Friday.

One of the victims was the 20-year-old US-Palestinian dual citizen Saif Musalat, who was beaten to death by the settlers. His family is calling on the US government to launch an investigation into his death. 23-year-old Mohammad al-Shalabi was shot dead during the same attack.

“We demand justice,” said Kamil Musalat, his voice heavy with grief as he recalled the harrowing memories of losing his son.

Jerusalem: Palestinian sources say Israeli forces have continued their raids on the Qalandia camp, north of Jerusalem, and attacked residents’ property.

The Jerusalem Governorate reported that the Israeli occupation authorities continue their systematic escalation of demolition and forced displacement policies against our people in occupied Jerusalem, as part of a comprehensive settlement plan aimed at Judaizing the city and changing its Arab, Islamic and Christian character.

The so-called “Nature Authority” of the Israeli occupation forces set fire to a residential barn belonging to citizen Muhammad Hassan al-Hathaleel in the Muntar desert, east of the town of al-Sawahra, as part of an attempt to empty the area of its Bedouin residents in service of the settlement annexation project known as “E1.”

On Tuesday, the Israeli municipality forced Jerusalemite Maher al-Salaymeh to self-demolish his 140-square-meter home in the Wadi Qaddum neighborhood of Silwan. The destruction of the home, which houses seven people, echoes the daily tragedy of Palestinians facing the brutality of the occupation.

In addition, the Israeli occupation municipality delivered a new demolition order to citizen Ghaleb Da’na, targeting a salon and cafeteria in the same neighborhood. He had been forced to demolish part of his facility 45 days ago to avoid penalties, as part of the occupation’s implementation of settlement road expansion projects.

In a tragic development, the Salaimeh family began emptying their home yesterday morning in preparation for its self-demolition, in an attempt to avoid paying hefty fines imposed on them, despite the fact that the house has been standing for more than 35 years.

The Jerusalem Governorate stated that the Israeli occupation authorities have demolished more than 630 residential, commercial, and agricultural facilities since October 7, 2023, while the total number of demolitions during the first half of 2025 alone reached approximately 190. This unprecedented escalation is part of a well-planned plan to expand the borders of the occupation municipality and annex the surrounding settlement blocs.

Also in Jerusalem on Tuesday, dozens of paramilitary Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF). Local sources reported that dozens of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque and performed Talmudic rituals in its courtyards, under the protection of occupation forces. The invasions of Al Aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, have become more frequent in the past month, with fanatical Israeli settler leaders who hope to demolish the mosque and replace it with a Jewish temple repeatedly forcing their way into the sacred site with Israeli military protection.

Southern West Bank

Bethlehem: Palestinians stand on their land, which is under threat of confiscation by Israeli settlers, after a new settlement road was built on their property and near their homes in the village of Tuqu’, east of Bethlehem.
Photo by @MosabShawer/Activestills.

Israeli occupation forces stormed the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, on Tuesday .

Security and local sources told a WAFA correspondent that the occupation forces stormed the camp and took up positions at its main entrance, on the Jerusalem-Hebron road, without reporting any house raids or arrests.

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a young man on Tuesday while grazing his livestock near Atouf Gate, east of Tammun town.

The director of the Prisoners Society in Tubas, Kamal Bani Odeh, reported that the Israeli occupation forces arrested the young man, Imad Hassan Bani Odeh, while he was grazing his livestock at the Atouf Gate, east of Tammun.

Also Tuesday, journalist Nasser Al-Laham from Bethlehem was released, after a 9-day detention in occupation prisons.

Hebron: On Tuesday evening, Israeli forces shot and wounded a 17-year-old Palestinian boy in the town of Ethna, located west of Hebron in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

According to local sources cited by WAFA, Israeli troops stormed the town, closed its main road, and blocked civilian movement, triggering confrontations. During the clashes, soldiers fired live ammunition, stun grenades, and tear gas, resulting in the boy being struck in the thigh by a live bullet.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its medical teams administered first aid to the injured youth before transferring him to a hospital for further treatment.

Early in the morning on Tuesday, before dawn, Israeli forces invaded a number of places in the West Bank and abducted 33 Palestinians.

The raids also included violent house searches, vandalism of property, the setting up of military checkpoints, and the closure of main and secondary roads .

Nablus: 8 citizens, including released prisoners, arrested

In Nablus Governorate, the occupation forces arrested eight citizens during raids that targeted camps and villages in the governorate. They stormed Balata camp east of the city and arrested four citizens : Moaz Iyad Abu Mustafa, Raad Ghazi Abu Mustafa, Majdi Abdul Rahman Abu Rayala, and his son Yazan .

They also arrested two young men, Rajih Bassam Salah and Fadi Azmi Asmar, from the village of Urif, and Zaid Ali Hussein Mohsen from the village of Odla . They also arrested the freed prisoner Salah Fatin Salah from the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus, after raiding his home and ransacking its contents .

Tulkarm: 7 detainees from the Dhnaba suburb and the town of Saida

In Tulkarm Governorate, occupation forces arrested seven citizens, six of them from the Dhnaba suburb east of the city. They are: Aseed Muammar Saruji, Abdul Hafeez Jabr, Adnan Jabr, Alaa Jabr, Qais Saber Anbar, and Khalil Subhi Anbar . They also arrested the young man, Adi Abdul Moati Ashqar, from the town of Saida, north of the governorate, after raiding his home .

Hebron: 7 citizens, extensive raids, and checkpoints

In Hebron Governorate, seven citizens were arrested after raids on the city and neighboring towns. The following were arrested from Hebron : Musab Idris, Alaa Salah Al-Rajabi, and Jihad Fayez Al-Zeer . The two young men, Karam Shadid and Khalil Al-Darabi, were arrested from Dura town, and Murad Muhammad Samamra and Wadih Shadi Wreidat from Adh Dhahiriya town . The occupation forces also raided Al-Fawar camp and searched citizens’ homes, including the home of Mahmoud Abu Hashhash and his son Ahmed . Military checkpoints were set up at the entrances to the governorate, and several roads were closed with cement blocks and earth mounds .

Salfit: 4 citizens arrested and property vandalized

In Salfit, the occupation forces arrested four citizens from the city : Fathi Ali Abu Zaher, Ali Fathi Abu Zaher, Sami Ali Abu Zaher, and Imad Abdul Rahim Fatuni . The arrests were accompanied by violent searches of homes and the destruction of their contents .

Five citizens from Bethlehem, Ma’sara, Jouret al-Sham’a, Dar Salah, and Jabal Handaza were arrested.

In Bethlehem, a security source said that the following were arrested: Yazid Hassan Zawahra, from the village of Al-Ma’sara, Munther Eid from the village of Jouret Al-Sham’a in the south, Khaldoun Muhammad Al-Ash from the village of Dar Salah, Bakr Nabahin Ubayyat from Jabal Hindazah in the east, and Mufleh Zawahra, after raiding and searching his home in the Wadi Al-Jamal area in the center of Bethlehem.

Qalqilya: A young man from Beit Amin was arrested.

In Qalqilya Governorate, occupation forces arrested Asid Jumaa Odeh, a young man in his twenties, after raiding and searching his home in the village of Beit Amin, south of the governorate. The occupation forces deployed throughout the village’s neighborhoods for hours, particularly around the mosque, before withdrawing.

Tamoun: Arrest of a young man

Today, Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces arrested a young man while he was grazing his livestock near the Atouf Gate, east of the town of Tammun, south of Tubas.

The director of the Prisoners Club in Tubas, Kamal Bani Odeh, reported that the occupation forces arrested the young man, Imad Hassan Bani Odeh, while he was grazing his livestock at the Atouf Gate, east of Tammun .

An ongoing policy of terrorizing civilians

This arrest campaign comes as part of the Israeli occupation’s escalating policy in the West Bank, which aims to terrorize civilians, restrict movement, and persecute activists and freed prisoners.

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