Occupation and settlers escalate in the West Bank: ongoing raids, arrests, and attacks

Israeli occupation forces launched a wide-scale campaign of raids and incursions in various areas of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday dawn and morning, which included arrests of a number of Palestinians, raiding and searching dozens of homes, alongside attacks carried out by settlers in several areas. The incursions covered the governorates of Jenin, Ramallah, Nablus, Tubas, Bethlehem, Tulkarm, Hebron, and Qalqilya. The forces arrested young men, including Yasser Marjan, brothers Salah and Muhammad Shannaran, and Naseem al-Titi. Settlers also attempted to storm the Abu Faza' gathering, attacked a Palestinian vehicle with stones and pepper spray, and set up a tent on citizens' lands in Masafer Yatta to establish a new settlement outpost.

Israeli occupation forces, on Wednesday dawn and morning, August 12, 2026, launched a wide-scale campaign of raids and incursions in various areas of the occupied West Bank, which included arrests of a number of Palestinians, raiding and searching dozens of homes and tampering with their contents, in addition to subjecting residents to field interrogations and detaining some for hours, alongside attacks carried out by settlers in several areas. In Jenin governorate, forces stormed the towns of Silat al-Dhahr, Araba, Kafr Ra'i, al-Sila al-Harithiya, and al-Yamun, and the villages of Arabuna, Bartaa, and the Khrouba neighborhood north of the city. They raided homes in Araba and al-Yamun, arrested young men in Silat al-Dhahr, a young man in the Khrouba neighborhood, and workers in Bartaa. In Ramallah, they stormed the towns of Birzeit and Turmus Ayya and the village of Deir Qaddis, and raided homes in Turmus Ayya. Settlers attempted to storm the Abu Faza' gathering near al-Tayba, and others attacked a Palestinian vehicle with stones and pepper spray between Abu Falah and al-Mughayyir. In Nablus, they stormed the eastern area coming from Huwara checkpoint, and the town of Kafr Qallil, arresting Yasser Marjan. The incursions extended to Tamun in Tubas, al-Tarabia in Beit Fajjar, Baqa al-Sharqiya and Shweika suburb in Tulkarm, Surif in Hebron, and Sinirya in Qalqilya. In Masafer Yatta, they arrested brothers Salah and Muhammad Shannaran, and in al-Arroub camp clashes broke out during which live fire was used, and Naseem al-Titi was arrested. A tent was set up on citizens' lands in Adiqiqa to establish a settlement outpost. These developments come amid escalating raids, arrests, and settler attacks.