Israeli raids, arrests and home demolitions across the occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Israeli forces carried out raids across the occupied West Bank, detaining and interrogating more than 80 Palestinians, wounding one man, and demolishing at least one home.
Israeli raids, arrests and home demolitions across the occupied West Bank
A What happened
Israeli forces raided multiple areas across the occupied West Bank and detained and interrogated at least 80 Palestinians during overnight and dawn operations. In Dura, south of Hebron, Israeli forces surrounded a home and shot and wounded the brother of Mahmoud al-Fasfous. In Hebron’s Khallat Nafisa area, Israeli forces sealed off the area and destroyed Imran al-Atrash’s home with a bulldozer. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that in 2025, Israeli settlers or soldiers killed 240 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 55 children, and Palestinians killed 17 Israelis in the West Bank.

Key insights

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    Palestinian Prisoner’s Society says detentions are collective punishment: The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said the escalation in detentions and interrogations is part of a campaign of collective punishment and said field interrogations have become the most prominent policy.

  • 2

    UN position on settlements: The text states the UN has repeatedly called for Israel to dismantle settlements in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem and said the system resembles apartheid.

Takeaways

Israeli forces conducted raids, detentions, and home demolitions across the occupied West Bank, and OCHA reported hundreds of deaths in the West Bank during 2025.

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