Thursday, 12/02/2026   
   Beirut 14:12

Released Prisoners Re-Arrested: West Bank Sees Largest Raid Wave in Weeks

Israeli occupation forces launched a large-scale raid and arrest campaign in several West Bank governorates early Thursday morning, targeting dozens of Palestinians, including women and former prisoners. The raids were accompanied by house searches and assaults.

In Nablus, occupation forces arrested 17 Palestinians after storming the eastern part of the city and the old Askar refugee camp. They raided and searched homes, arresting Salah Odeh from Askar camp, as well as Obada Damra, Muhammad Shokani, and Bayan Tiryaqi from the Al-Masaken Al-Shaabiya neighborhood.

Israeli occupation forces also stormed the villages of Asira al-Shamaliya, north of Nablus, and Tell, southwest of the city. They raided and searched homes, damaging their contents, and arrested Baraa Jarara’a, deputy mayor of Asira, along with eight residents of Tell: brothers Talib and Hamza Samir Salwadi; brothers Omar and Yazan Issam Hamad Rihan; Mahmoud Imad Abu Yaman; Nasr al-Din Khaldoun Asida; Mu’taz Abd al-Salam Asida; and Osama Mustafa Abed.

In the town of Beita, south of Nablus, occupation forces raided several homes and arrested Wissam Abd al-Razzaq Daoud, Adam Abd al-Karim Daoud, and Karam Abd al-Ghani Khader. A military force also stormed the village of Kafr Qalil, south of the city, surrounded a home, and stormed and searched it, arresting Fadi al-Quni.

In Qalqilya, Israeli occupation forces arrested several residents of the village of Jayyous, east of the city, after raiding and storming homes. Those arrested so far include: Hakam Salim, Nael Fayez Salim, Samer al-Barq Abu Hilmi, Osama Abu Saada, Musa Bayda, Ahmed Nabil Khaled, Suhaib Wael Shamasneh, Murad Qaddoumi, Musab Khraisha, Mu’tasim Abu Saada, and Samah Samha.

Local sources reported that Israeli occupation forces stormed the village around 3:00 a.m. from its southern entrance, near Al-Shamasneh, and deployed throughout the western and eastern neighborhoods and the valley area, continuing their raids and searches.

In Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, Israeli occupation forces arrested Saba Nazih al-Barghouthi after raiding and searching her home in the village of Deir Ghassana, northwest of Ramallah. They also raided the towns of Beit Rima, west of Ramallah, and al-Mazra’a al-Sharqiya, east of Ramallah, as well as the village of Beit Ur al-Tahta, west of Ramallah, without any reported arrests or clashes.

In Tulkarm, Israeli occupation forces arrested three Palestinians, including a woman, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club office in Tulkarm. Those arrested are: Sundus Lafdawi (33), following a raid on her home in the eastern neighborhood; Ahmed Matrouk (55), a released prisoner, arrested after a raid on his home; and Fadi Matar (45), also a released prisoner and resident of Tulkarm refugee camp, arrested from his home in the Shweika suburb.

In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli occupied forces raided the home of released prisoner Musab Dwayat in the Sur Baher neighborhood on Wednesday evening, just one day after his release. They assaulted his father, expelled well-wishers from the house, and ransacked its contents.

Jerusalem noted that Dwayat had spent ten years in Israeli prisons and was released two days prior. Israeli forces also raided the Wadi Qaddum neighborhood in Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and fired tear gas canisters, though no injuries were reported.

In Hebron, a young man was shot and wounded by Israeli occupation forces at the military checkpoint at the city’s southern entrance in the Al-Fahs area. He was struck in the leg and subsequently taken to hospital.

Israeli enemy forces also assaulted several Palestinians during raids on the town of Dura and the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron. Israeli forces stormed Dura with several military vehicles from its southern entrance toward the town center, deployed throughout the streets, fired tear gas, and detained and abused three Palestinians.

In Al-Fawwar refugee camp, Israeli forces stormed the camp, firing stun grenades and tear gas at residents’ homes before detaining and assaulting a young man.

Source: Al-Manar English Website