’Israeli’ Forces Escalate Raids, Abductions & Displacement Across the West Bank

By Staff, Agencies

"Israeli" forces have intensified their violent raids across the occupied West Bank, carrying out widespread beatings, abductions and destruction of Palestinian homes.

On Sunday, occupation troops stormed several areas, forcibly evicting Palestinians from their homes while bulldozing and setting buildings ablaze.

In the Tulkarm refugee camp in the northern West Bank, "Israeli" soldiers severely assaulted an elderly man after setting fire to his house.

In Beitunia, located in the central West Bank, the regime’s forces abducted a Palestinian man along with his 13-year-old twin sons from their home.

Meanwhile, in the al-Zahra’a neighborhood of the Jenin refugee camp, occupation soldiers forced 20 Palestinian families out of their homes, converting the houses into military outposts.

Bashir Matahen, head of public relations at the Jenin municipality, reported that 3,470 homes have been forcibly evacuated in the refugee camp, with nearly 600 houses completely demolished. He added that Jenin and its refugee camp are now surrounded by metal gates and earth mounds, and that more than 22,000 residents have been displaced.

Other "Israeli" attacks targeted the Fawwar refugee camp, the cities of Tubas and Nablus, and the towns of Nahalin and Tuqu’.

"Israel" launched its latest offensive against the occupied West Bank on January 21, claiming it was targeting fighters from the Jenin Battalion. The regime has significantly escalated its violence across the West Bank since October 7, 2023, coinciding with its ongoing genocidal war on Gaza.

Since then, "Israeli" forces and settlers have murdered nearly 960 Palestinians in the West Bank. According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees [UNRWA], over 40,000 Palestinians have been uprooted—the largest displacement since the 1967 war that led to the "Israeli" occupation of the territory.