Israeli Forces Raid West Bank Towns, Settlers Damage Crops

Israeli forces conducted raids across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, detaining dozens of Palestinians in the town of Burqa, northwest of Nablus, and arresting one young man in Tubas. In Burqa, forces stormed the town at dawn, raiding and searching dozens of homes. Local sources reported that the soldiers detained several young men, subjected them to interrogation in a public square, and were still holding worshippers inside a mosque in the area. Meanwhile, in Tubas, Israeli forces arrested 20-year-old Murshid Murshid Mustafa Daraghmeh after raiding his family's home. The director of the Prisoners' Club in Tubas, Kamal Bani Odeh, confirmed the arrest. Israeli forces had entered Tubas with multiple military patrols, raiding homes and spreading throughout the city.

In the Salfit Governorate, forces raided the village of Rafat, west of the city, searching and ransacking several homes. No arrests were reported in Rafat. In the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, settlers on Saturday drove their sheep into agricultural lands in the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, damaging olive trees and crops. Marzouk Abu Naim, deputy head of the village council, stated that settlers grazed their sheep in eastern Al-Mughayyir's plains under Israeli military protection, causing damage. The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission reported that Israeli forces and settlers carried out a total of 2,051 attacks against Palestinians, their lands, and property last month, with 1,404 attributed to Israeli forces and 647 to settlers.