Israeli occupation forces stormed the northern West Bank city of Nablus at dawn on Wednesday, launching a nine-hour raid on the Old City and surrounding areas.
Troops raided homes, forced residents out, and deliberately ransacked properties, breaking doors, entering a school and a museum, and carrying out widespread searches, local sources reported.
A young man was shot in the foot during the raid. The Palestinian Red Crescent said it treated 27 injuries, including two from rubber bullets and 25 cases of tear gas suffocation, as clashes continued throughout the morning.
Schools and official institutions in Nablus suspended classes amid fears the operation could continue. The incursion came a day after Israeli forces raided central Ramallah, storming currency exchange offices, confiscating their contents, and arresting employees, sparking clashes that wounded dozens.
Elsewhere, Israeli forces continued a two-day raid on the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, storming homes and interrogating young men in the field.
Troops have also maintained repeated assaults on Jenin and Tulkarm refugee camps in recent months, displacing residents, bulldozing areas, and carving new roads to facilitate military operations. Hundreds have been killed and injured in these ongoing campaigns.
In Bethlehem province, Israeli forces issued demolition orders for over 250 agricultural rooms and several commercial facilities in al-Jabaa and Husan, and arrested six Palestinians, including freed prisoner Khaled al-Sayfi, 60, from Dheisheh camp.
In Hebron, four Palestinians were arrested during home raids in Tafuh, Surif, and Beit Ummar. Forces erected checkpoints and blocked roads with iron gates, cement blocks, and earth mounds.
Meanwhile, settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque under military protection, conducted “provocative tours,” and raided Ein al-Auja near Jericho, releasing livestock onto village lands. In the northern Jordan Valley, settlers stole a tent from Mohammad Daraghmeh in al-Farisiyah, while troops demolished another in Ein al-Hilweh and detained its owner.
Hassan Mleihat of the Bedeir Organisation said Israeli forces are building a new road linking Hizma and Jaba north of Jerusalem to "entrench settlements and assert control over Palestinian land", calling it part of a policy of displacement and demographic change in comments to The New Arab's Arabic language edition.
Separately, troops issued a demolition order for the home of Alaa Wajih Bishara in al-Mughayir, northeast of Ramallah.