Israeli military forces engaged in a series of operations across the West Bank, resulting in both violent confrontations and widespread arrests. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, soldiers opened fire on a civilian vehicle near the Awarta checkpoint adjacent to Nablus in the northern West Bank. The incident left one occupant with bullet wounds while two others sustained injuries from the subsequent overturning of their car.
Concurrently, the Israel Defense Forces conducted extensive raids throughout multiple West Bank regions. Official Palestinian news agency Wafa documented these operations across three separate governorates. In Tulkarm Governorate, seven Palestinian individuals were apprehended across the villages of Deir al-Ghusun, Baqa al-Sharqiya, and Qaffin.
The military operations extended to Qalqilya Governorate where five additional detentions occurred, while Hebron territory saw the most significant arrest numbers with twenty-two Palestinians taken into custody from the villages of Dura and Al-Tabaqa, alongside the Al-Fawwar refugee camp.
These developments occur within the context of substantially increased Israeli security operations since October 2023. Official statistics indicate that Israeli forces have detained more than 12,000 Palestinians in the West Bank since the escalation of hostilities that began on October 7, 2023, marking one of the most intensive arrest campaigns in recent years.