Widespread raids and arrests by the occupation in the West Bank

Israeli occupation forces launched a widespread campaign of raids and incursions in the West Bank on Monday dawn, targeting Nablus, Jenin, Tubas, Ramallah, and Bethlehem, arresting dozens of Palestinians including children and women, storming dozens of homes and vandalizing their contents.

Israeli occupation forces launched a widespread campaign of raids and incursions on Monday dawn, October 5, 2026, targeting various areas in the occupied West Bank. The operations included arrests and confrontations in several towns, with forces storming dozens of homes, detaining residents, subjecting them to field interrogations, and conducting searches and vandalizing the contents of several homes. In Nablus, occupation forces stormed the town of Beta, the village of Aourif, and the town of Deir Sharaf, arresting a number of citizens, including the two children Karim Mar'i Moussa and Farouk Anmar Nawfal. In Jenin, forces stormed the town of Silat al-Harithiya, the village of Faqqua, and the town of Muthilun. In Tubas, forces continued their incursion into the town of Tamun, arresting the young man Baraa al-Khudair and the wife of the wanted man Samer Samara. In Ramallah and al-Bireh, forces stormed the al-Masayef neighborhood, arresting activist Samar Hamd. They also stormed the campus of Birzeit University, demolished the university's martyrs' shrine, and seized the site. In Bethlehem, they arrested the young man Louay Anwar Diriyah. These incursions come amid an ongoing escalation by occupation forces in the West Bank, accompanied by widespread home raids and arrests targeting Palestinians from various groups, including children and women. The article relies on local sources and the Palestinian Prisoner's Club.

Widespread raids and arrests by the occupation in the West Bank