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by IMEMC News
April 20, 2026

Israeli occupation forces abducted dozens of Palestinians and invaded multiple areas across the occupied West Bank at dawn on Monday, including Ramallah in the central West Bank, Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank, Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank, Nablus in the northern West Bank, Hebron in the southern West Bank, and occupied Jerusalem.

In Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank’s central part, Israeli forces invaded the village of Abwein and abducted two residents, identified as Shehab Ahmad Ali Abdul‑Wahab, 62, and Ay’ed al‑Nawas, 65, after breaking into their homes and ransacking them.

The forces also invaded the nearby village of Deir Sudan, north of Ramallah, and broke into several homes, though no additional abductions were reported.

In Salfit, also in central West Bank, Israeli soldiers invaded several parts of the city, before storming and ransacking many homes and buildings.

In Qalqilia, in the occupied West Bank’s northwestern part, Israeli forces invaded the city through its eastern main entrance, spread through the al‑Qar’an neighborhood, and abducted a young man, Mahmoud Ramzi Tayyem, after breaking into and searching his home.

Troops also invaded residential buildings and homes in the Kafr Saba neighborhood during a wider military deployment in the area.

In Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank’s northwestern part, Israeli forces carried out a large‑scale invasion of the town of Anabta, east of the city, and conducted a sweeping campaign of abductions targeting dozens of Palestinians, most of them former political prisoners.

Troops broke into homes, searched them, destroyed property, and assaulted residents. The forces also seized the home of Shawkat Abdul‑Dayem, expelled its occupants, and turned the property into a military post and field interrogation center.

Due to the ongoing military assault, the local Education Directorate announced the suspension of school attendance in the town for the day.

In Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, Israeli forces detained a young man in the Jabal Bir Qouza area near the town of Beita, south of the city.

In a related development, troops invaded the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, and continued military operations inside the area, while Israeli machinery carried out land‑leveling in the town of al‑Lubban ash‑Sharqiya.

In Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, Israeli occupation forces abducted more than fifty Palestinians during invasions targeting the city and the nearby towns of Yatta and Beit Ummar.

The soldiers abducted Odai Mamoun al‑Sharabati from Hebron after breaking into and searching his home.

In Yatta, the forces broke into numerous homes and abducted Anwar Kamal al‑Jundi, Muteb al‑Najjar, Bara’ Alaya al‑Hreini, Shadi Na’im al‑Amour, Sohaib Eyad al‑Amour, Nour Jamal Abu ‘Arram, Fadl Ismael al‑Najjar, Fadi Bader al‑Amour, Muhannad Tayseer Rabea’, Issa Mohammad al‑Amour, Fadi Na’im al‑Amour, and the brothers Osama and Qusay Khaled al‑Amour.

In Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, media activist Mohammad Awad said Israeli forces invaded the town, broke into many homes, ransacked their contents, and abducted more than forty Palestinians, including former political prisoners, during the ongoing military operation.

Israeli forces also installed several military roadblocks at the entrances of Hebron city, its towns, villages, and refugee camps, and closed multiple main and secondary roads with iron gates, concrete blocks, and earth mounds, further restricting Palestinian movement across the district.

The soldiers also shot a 17‑year‑old boy with live ammunition on the road leading to Halhoul, while home invasions continued in the town of Beit Ummar.

In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces invaded the town of Hizma and the al‑Salam neighborhood in the Shu’fat refugee camp, conducting searches and military operations in both areas.

Several military vehicles, including at least one carrying a bulldozer, invaded the Al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan, in Jerusalem, and started removing rubble of Palestinian homes that were demolished in recent weeks.

During the invasion, the soldiers also bulldozed and uprooted Palestinian lands around the demolished homes.

In related news, Israeli soldiers detained three Palestinians from the town of Tammun, south of Tubas in the occupied West Bank’s northeastern part, including the head of the Tubas office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), after stopping them near the main entrance of Burin town, south of Nablus.

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