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by IMEMC News
May 31, 2026

Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions, home break‑ins, and abductions across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, targeting towns, villages, and refugee camps from Jenin in the northern West Bank to Hebron in the south.

The operations included violent searches, property destruction, assaults on civilians, and the installation of a military roadblock that obstructed movement for residents.

In the town of Meithalun, south of Jenin in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded several neighborhoods at dawn, broke into homes, and abducted Ayman Daoud Rabay‘a after ransacking his family’s property.

Local sources reported that soldiers also stormed additional homes in the town, destroying furniture and personal belongings.

Earlier, troops invaded the Jabriyat neighborhood in Jenin city, broke into the home of the family of slain Palestinian Dia’ al‑Sabarini, 25, who was killed by the army in 2021, searched the property, destroyed its contents, and seized a sum of money and a camera lens. Another home in the same neighborhood was also invaded and searched.

In the northwestern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted five Palestinians from the towns of ‘Illar and Saida, north of Tulkarem, including three former prisoners.

The detainees were identified as attorney Ahmad Rafiq Hussein, 39; Khaled Muwafaq Sa’id ‘Asrawi, 24; former political prisoners As‘ad Ziyad Mithqal Shadeed, 36, and ‘Obada Murad Shadeed, 35, from Illar, and former prisoner Lu’ay Sati Muhammad al‑Ashqar, 50, from his home in Saida.

In Nablus in the northern West Bank, military vehicles invaded the Be’er Qouza area of Beita, south of the city, where soldiers assaulted a young man with severe beatings, requiring his transfer to hospital. One military vehicle deliberately rammed a civilian car, causing significant damage.

East of Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank, Israeli forces installed a military roadblock at the entrance to the town of Immatin, stopping vehicles, inspecting identity cards, and obstructing movement for residents traveling to and from the area.

In Salfit in the central West Bank, soldiers invaded the city and abducted two brothers, Bilal and Maher Azreil, after breaking into and searching their family home.

In the central West Bank, Israeli forces broke into the home of former political prisoner Jihad Wahdan in the village of Rantis, west of Ramallah, destroying property during the invasion.

In occupied Jerusalem, soldiers assaulted Jawad Jamal ‘Obeid from the Isawiya neighborhood while he was with family members near Bab al‑Amoud.

In the Bethlehem district in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces abducted two young men from the town of Beit Fajjar: Tamer Ibrahim Deeriya, 38, and Yazan Wael Deeriya, 26, after breaking into and searching their family homes.

Troops also invaded the town of Al‑Khader and the village of Artas, south of Bethlehem, though no abductions were reported.

Meanwhile, in the southern West Bank, Israeli military vehicles continued to move through the streets and alleys of the Al‑Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, as part of ongoing operations in the area.

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