Israeli forces have carried out a wave of military raids, detentions, and attacks across the occupied West Bank, resulting in multiple injuries, including that of a thirteen-year-old child, according to local reports.
On Sunday, a thirteen-year-old Palestinian child was wounded by live fire to the chest during a military raid into the town of Zababdeh, south of Jenin, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported, as cited by Wafa news agency. Emergency crews provided first aid before transferring the child to the hospital.
In Qalqilya, a Palestinian youth was wounded in the leg by Israeli gunfire in the Kafr Saba neighbourhood. The Israeli military stated that a hit was confirmed after its forces opened fire following stone-throwing by Palestinians. Wafa reported that troops also stormed and ransacked a home belonging to the Shawahneh family during the operation.
Raids extended across various parts of the West Bank. Wafa reported that forces raided the towns of az-Zawiya near Salfit, as well as the Askar al-Jadeed and Balata camps near Nablus, detaining at least one man in Askar al-Jadeed. Additional detentions occurred in Jenin governorate, Kafr Qalil south of Nablus, and near Tuqou southeast of Bethlehem, where video footage showed forces intercepting a vehicle and detaining passengers.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission documented 20 attacks by Israeli forces and settlers on Palestinian olive pickers across six West Bank governorates. The incidents involved assaults, detentions, crop theft, and the uprooting of trees. West of Jericho, settlers entered farmland in ad-Duyuk at-Tahta with sheep, destroying crops and greenhouses in damage estimated at hundreds of thousands of shekels, resident Mustafa Fheidat told Wafa.
In Hebron, Israeli forces closed several neighbourhoods and the Ibrahimi Mosque for holidays. Forces also detained three Palestinians in Hebron and Masafer Yatta, including Mohammad Yousef Makhmareh, a man with a disability who lost a hand years ago to a landmine and was targeted as soldiers attempted to seize his sheep. In occupied East Jerusalem, two families comprising 18 people were forced to demolish their own homes in Jabal al-Mukabber.
