Palestinian Killed, 9 Arrested in West Bank Raids and Settler Violence

A 54-year-old Palestinian man, Ziad Mohammed Jaber, was killed by Israeli army gunfire in Al-Bireh's Um Al-Sharayet area on Thursday. The Israeli military had raided the area at dawn and fired live ammunition, critically wounding Jaber before he was later pronounced dead. Palestinian health ministry figures indicate this brings the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank to over 100 since the start of the year, amid ongoing raids, arrests, assaults, and military operations.

In the southern Hebron area, near Yatta, Israeli settlers on Thursday morning cut and burned an electricity cable supplying the Wadi Al-Rakham area, causing a power outage for residents. Separately, Israeli forces forced a Palestinian man, Issa Masaaf, and his family to evacuate their home east of Yatta for the second time in days. This followed settler attempts to seize the home and coincided with ongoing attacks in the Masafer Yatta region and southern Hebron, targeting Palestinian property, livelihoods, and essential services, alongside attempts to seize land and homes.

Israeli forces arrested nine Palestinians in dawn raids across Qalqilya, Kafr Thulth, and Aqaba. In Qalqilya, four Palestinians were detained after forces entered from the eastern entrance and raided the Al-Naqqar and Shreim neighborhoods. Among those arrested were former prisoners Saleh Abu Saleh, Osama Sabri, and Yasser Hammad, along with Mahmoud Salim. In Kafr Thulth, four Palestinians were arrested after homes were raided and searched: Mohammed and Mahmoud Maher Shawahneh, Abdel Latif Shawahneh, and Khaled Jihad Odeh. In Aqaba, north of Tubas, Suleiman Yousef Ghanem was arrested after his family home was raided and searched, bringing the total number of detainees in these three areas to nine.