Israeli occupation forces continued their assault on Hebron Governorate, escalating raids, arrests and forced displacement. The number of families forcibly displaced from their homes has risen to 537, while more than 780 families have been affected by the assault, which has imposed a blockade on areas of the governorate and disrupted educational and economic life.
Israeli forces deployed military reinforcements to the Deir Bahha area west of Hebron after forcing dozens of families to flee, while raiding homes and vandalizing their contents. Around 5,000 Palestinians are facing conditions of siege and forced displacement, either after being forced to leave their homes or confined inside them, particularly in the Al-Jalda and Deir Bahha areas, which are under a strict closure.
According to the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA), Israeli forces have arrested more than 115 Palestinians from Hebron city since the beginning of the assault, including a girl. Hundreds of Palestinians have also been detained and subjected to abuse.
Economically, the Hebron Chamber of Commerce estimated direct losses resulting from the closures at between 10 million and 12 million shekels per day, including around 1 million shekels in the dairy sector alone.
The assault also disrupted education for around 262,000 students in 589 schools across the governorate last week. Thousands of students in besieged and displaced areas remain unable to reach their schools.
In a related development, Israeli forces verbally ordered the owners of a tile showroom in the Farsh Al-Hawa area west of Hebron to evacuate the premises within 24 hours, reportedly in preparation for its demolition. A military bulldozer was brought to the area, and Palestinians were forced to leave.
Gaza
In the Gaza Strip, four Palestinians were martyred and others injured as Israeli forces continued airstrikes and gunfire in various parts of the territory.
Correspondents reported that a Palestinian was martyred after succumbing to wounds sustained in an earlier strike targeting the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood southwest of Gaza City. Another was martyred after being targeted by a drone near the electricity company northwest of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
A Palestinian was also martyred in a drone strike near the Taiba Towers west of Khan Younis, while another was martyred after succumbing to injuries sustained in a strike near Al-Wahda Tower west of Gaza City.
Four Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire and shelling in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza and the Al-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City.
The death toll from Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 74,594 martyrs and 175,834 injured.
Arrests in the West Bank
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces arrested six Palestinians, including a released prisoner who was rearrested one day after his release, as well as a woman.
Israeli forces rearrested a former prisoner from the village of Azmut, east of Nablus, one day after he had been released.
They also arrested three Palestinians, including a woman, in different neighborhoods of Jenin, while another Palestinian was arrested while picking olives in the village of Ras Karkar west of Ramallah. Another was arrested in the town of Tuqu’ southeast of Bethlehem.
In Ramallah, Israeli forces confiscated olive-picking equipment and set up military checkpoints at the entrances to several villages and towns.
Settler Attacks
Meanwhile, a Palestinian was injured in the head after settlers assaulted several Palestinians in the Al-Shajara area east of Duma village, south of Nablus.
The head of Duma village council said Israeli forces raided the village following the attack, closed its main entrance and detained an ambulance that had arrived to transport the injured man.
In Salfit, settlers assaulted a Palestinian from Kafr Al-Dik, while they also raided the town of Yasuf east of the governorate and moved between homes, particularly in the Al-Nasba area.
Settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles between the villages of Al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah northeast of Ramallah, causing material damage to several vehicles.
In Bethlehem, settlers, protected by Israeli forces, stole olives and harvesting equipment in the town of Al-Khader and threatened Palestinians against returning to their lands.
Settlers also assaulted olive pickers in the Wadi Al-Shaer area east of Salfit, injuring two Palestinians.
Israeli forces forced farmers to leave their land in the Al-Wajh Al-Qibli area of Deir Istiya near the Rafafa settlement and prevented them from continuing to harvest olives.
In Hebron Governorate, settlers attacked olive pickers in Khirbet Al-Kharaba east of Al-Samu town, forcing them to leave their land and stealing their harvest at gunpoint.
In the Ma’in area east of Yatta, armed settlers, protected by Israeli forces, attempted to prevent Palestinians from harvesting olives. Israeli forces also detained vehicles belonging to Yatta Municipality in the Shakara area, claiming they were operating in an Area C zone.
Measures in Jerusalem and Ramallah
In Jerusalem, the Israeli-controlled municipality forced Palestinian Jihad Matar to demolish his two-apartment home in the Al-Marwah neighborhood of Beit Hanina, claiming it had been built without a permit. One apartment belonged to him and the other to his son, leaving more than seven people without shelter.
West of Ramallah, Israeli forces, accompanied by settlers, halted paving work on Al-Qara’a Road between the villages of Safa and Deir Ibzi’ and confiscated machinery, threatening workers with removing the section that had already been paved.
Israeli forces also confiscated money from Palestinian vehicles detained for inspection at Jaba’ Roundabout south of Jenin. A video recorded by a public-transport driver showed soldiers taking 2,500 shekels from his vehicle after removing its storage compartment.
Israeli forces also confiscated agricultural equipment in the eastern Al-Mughayyir plain and set up military checkpoints at the entrances to the villages and towns of Sinjil, Turmus Ayya, Deir Abu Mash’al, Yabrud and Deir Dibwan.
Israeli forces raided the town of Al-Mazra’a Al-Sharqiya east of Ramallah, while clashes broke out with young Palestinians during a raid on the town of Silwad northeast of the governorate.
Israeli forces also continued to close military checkpoints located at the entrances to the Jerusalem and Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorates.
Source: WAFA
