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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.

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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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