Palestinian children among those detained in Israeli West Bank raids

Military operations across the occupied West Bank resulted in the detention of seven Palestinians during coordinated raids spanning Tubas, Nablus, and Bethlehem governorates. Among those held were two minors, aged 16, detained in separate locations. In Tubas, forces searched a family home in Tammun and apprehended a teenager. Four Palestinians were picked up in predawn operations across villages in Nablus, while another 16-year-old was detained in Wadi Fukin near Bethlehem, with an additional man held at the Container Checkpoint.

In Asira ash Shamaliya, the scale of operations expanded significantly, with troops conducting overnight raids on dozens of homes and establishing a makeshift interrogation center in one residence. Further south near Hebron, Israeli forces pursued and detained eleven workers in Khashem al-Daraj, with reports indicating physical violence during the apprehension.

Parallel to military operations, Israeli settlers engaged in separate incidents of violence and property damage. In Surif near Hebron, residents from the Bat Ayin outpost set fire to a vehicle, damaged another, and defaced a house with graffiti. On the road between al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah northeast of Ramallah, three young Palestinian men were sprayed with pepper spray after settlers rammed their vehicle with an all-terrain vehicle, described as a recurring occurrence in the area.

Settlement expansion continued with the erection of another illegal outpost, marking the twelfth such construction within seven days. In Beit Jala near Bethlehem, Israeli authorities compelled three residents to demolish their own homes to avoid higher costs associated with state-led demolitions, a practice Palestinians characterize as routine given the near-total refusal to grant them building permits.