Israeli forces intensify detention campaign in occupied West Bank

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen + Agencies
Today 10:27

Israeli occupation forces detained over 15 Palestinians in the West Bank, including former prisoner Hanan al-Barghouthi, amid ongoing detentions, demolitions, and land leveling.

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Israeli soldiers arrest a blindfolded Palestinian during an army raid in Nablus, West Bank, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (AP)

Israeli occupation forces launched a wide-scale detention campaign across various cities and towns in the occupied West Bank early Wednesday morning, escalating ongoing aggression against Palestinians.

During the incursions, Israeli forces detained more than 15 Palestinian detainees, including former prisoner Hanan al-Barghouthi from the village of Kaubar, north of Ramallah. The detentions extended to al-Dhahiriya, south of al-Khalil, where the forces turned one of the homes into a military outpost.

Incursions, explosions in Tulkarm, Nablus

In Tulkarm, a unit of the Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by two bulldozers, stormed the eastern area of the Dhanaba neighborhood and detonated an object on Iskan hill near the Nour Shams refugee camp, according to Palestinian media.

Meanwhile, in Nablus, occupation forces withdrew from the town of Beit Furik, east of the city, after a five-hour incursion marked by explosions. During the operation, two Palestinian youths, Laith Bashar Nasasrah and Fouad Ziyad Nasasrah, were detained after their homes were stormed and ransacked.

House demolitions, land leveling in al-Quds, Salfit

In occupied al-Quds, Israeli bulldozers carried out demolition operations in the town of al-Jib, northwest of the city. Additionally, the forces razed farmlands between the villages of Haris and Kifl Haris, west of Salfit, as part of an ongoing policy of land leveling in Salfit, aimed at stripping the land from its rightful owners.

These actions are part of a broader pattern of Israeli aggression against Palestinians, characterized by systematic detentions, home demolitions, and land confiscations, aimed at imposing new realities on the ground across the West Bank.