Israeli raids escalate in West Bank amid new settlement plans
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Israeli forces raid West Bank towns and announce a new settlement plan in al-Khalil, amid rising violence, land seizures, and attacks on Palestinians.
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Israeli forces raid the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya, on November 3, 2025. (Palestinian media)
Israeli occupation forces intensified their raids across several areas of the occupied West Bank on Monday, while settlers, under military protection, continued attacks on Palestinian citizens and their property.
In the evening, Israeli settlers closed the western entrance of Tuquu, southeast of Beit Lahm, and attacked Palestinian vehicles in the area, causing property damage.
Widespread Israeli raids
In Tubas, military vehicles stormed the city from the north, raiding homes and spreading across neighborhoods, while the IOF in the Qalqilya Governorate raided the northern section of Azzun, firing sound bombs in residential neighborhoods.
Raids also extended to Kafr Laqif, Amatin, and Hajja, where streets were patrolled and military checkpoints established.
In Ramallah, the IOF stormed the town and set up a checkpoint at its entrance, and fired tear gas at homes in Shuafat Camp in al-Quds.
متابعة| قوات الاحتلال تداهم عدداً من منازل المواطنين في مدينة طوباس. pic.twitter.com/AuYSxPfIyA
— الجرمق الإخباري (@aljarmaqnet) November 3, 2025
New settlement project in al-Khalil
The al-Khalil municipality revealed that the Israeli Civil Administration has announced a new settlement plan. It includes constructing two buildings on the land of al-Khalil's central vegetable market (Old Market), which is municipally owned.
Violations at Al-Aqsa and across Jerusalem
According to the Jerusalem Governorate report for October 2025, one Palestinian was killed, 40 were injured, and 87 were arrested. A total of 15 demolitions or bulldozing operations took place
and 68 settler attacks were recorded while over 10,800 settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
متابعة| قوات الاحتلال تقتحم مخيم شعفاط في القدس المحتلة. pic.twitter.com/2cKHxHfYjQ
— بوابة اللاجئين الفلسطينيين (@refugeesps) November 3, 2025
2 Palestinians killed, lands seized amid IOF escalation in West Bank
The Israeli occupation and its settlers continue to carry out attacks against Palestinian civilians and their properties in the West Bank, in an ongoing effort to assert control over the land and expand settlements.
On Monday, settlers seized agricultural lands belonging to residents of the town of Idhna, west of the city of al-Khalil in the southern West Bank, after plowing them in preparation to take control, according to a local official.
Jaber Tmeizi, the mayor of Idhna, stated that the settlers plowed hundreds of dunams of the town’s agricultural lands with the support of the Israeli army, which fired tear gas and sound grenades to disperse dozens of Palestinians who attempted to resist them.
Additionally, Israeli authorities issued a military order to uproot trees from lands in two villages west of Ramallah in the West Bank. According to local sources, the order calls for the removal and uprooting of trees from areas in Ras Karkar and Kafr Ni’ma for military purposes, targeting a land area of approximately 15 dunams.
