IOF continue attacks and detentions in West Bank, occupied al-Quds
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The Israeli occupation continues its aggression across the West Bank and occupied al-Quds with detentions, home demolitions, and raids.
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Israeli soldiers deployed in Tulkarem, West Bank, ahead of planned home demolitions by Israeli occupation forces on May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
The Israeli occupation forces launched attacks on Monday across several areas in the West Bank and occupied al-Quds.
In the town of Bruqin, west of Salfit, Israeli forces demolished a home and continued their raids on the town and nearby Kafr al-Dik for the fifth consecutive day, amid an intensifying campaign of home invasions, searches, and assaults on residents and their property.
Another home was also demolished by Israeli forces in the village of Shuqba, west of Ramallah.
قوات الاحتلال تواصل هدم منزل في بلدة بروقين غرب سلفيت. pic.twitter.com/zRQ6MysUp5
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In the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, Israeli occupation forces detained two young men, Mohammed al-Houtari and Moamen al-Maskawi. In Tubas, they detained former prisoner Omar Samir Ahmed and Kamal Bani Odeh after raiding their homes.
In Beit Lahm, seven Palestinians were detained: Musa Awad, Anas Mohammad Abu Ahour, Mohammad Khaled Abu Ammar, Mohammad Raed Abayat, and Khalil Hassan al-Nabhan. Shadi Mohammad al-Hashlamoun and Ammar Ali Taqatqa were also detained following raids and searches of their families’ homes in the town of Beit Fajjar.
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In occupied al-Quds, occupation forces arrested Asem Idris Hamouda from the town of al-Qubayba and raided homes in the town of Beit Anan.
Moreover, the occupation also demolished approximately 16 homes in the village of al-Sir in al-Naqab, south of occupied Palestine, under the pretext of "building without a permit."
It is worth noting that the Israeli occupation deprives most villages in al-Naqab of access to water and electricity networks, systems that existed in 40 villages before 1948 and are now being systematically targeted for erasure.
On a related note, in an inflammatory statement on Sunday, Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for the destruction of Bruqin and the neighboring town of Kafr ad-Dik, mirroring the genocidal campaign against the Shujaiya and Tal al-Sultan neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military and Shin Bet claimed they had assassinated a Palestinian man who had carried out an operation in Bruqin two days earlier.
