The key facts

  • A child wounded in the leg in the Kafr Saba area of Qalqilya; two men detained in Hebron and Tayibe
  • Settler attacks on farmers and shops reported; a tractor and olive harvest seized
  • Raids covered the Bethlehem, Nablus, Tubas, Jenin and Ramallah provinces

Raids across several provinces

Israeli forces carried out a series of raids overnight into Saturday across the occupied West Bank, during which a Palestinian child was wounded and two people were detained, Palestinian media reported, including Anadolu citing them. According to Palestine TV, the child was shot in the leg during a raid near the Kafr Saba area in the northern city of Qalqilya.

Detentions and settler actions

The state-run Wafa agency separately reported that soldiers detained one man in his home in Hebron and another in Tayibe east of Ramallah; the second man's car was also confiscated. In Hebron, soldiers, according to the agency, searched another home, locked a family in one room and ransacked their belongings. Hundreds of settlers entered the Old City under army protection and forced merchants to close their shops; a window of a Palestinian home was smashed on Al-Shuhada Street.

Attacks on farmers and other raids

West of Jenin, Wafa reported, settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and seized a tractor and part of the harvest; in Kisan east of Bethlehem, a settler attacked a Palestinian and took his belongings. The agency also reported clashes between Palestinians and soldiers during raids in Dura al-Qara and Ni'lin in the Ramallah area. In Tulkarem province, troops raided four towns, blocked traffic and used stun grenades — no casualties or detentions were reported there. Voice of Palestine radio also reported raids in the Bethlehem, Nablus, Tubas, Jenin and Ramallah districts.

Context

According to Anadolu, Israeli army raids and settler attacks in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, have intensified since October 2023; killings, detentions, home demolitions, arson, land leveling and the displacement of Palestinian communities have been reported. The material is based on reports by Palestinian media; the Israeli side is not quoted in the publication, and the source contains no independent verification of these reports.