On the morning of Saturday, 20 September 2025, Israeli occupation forces stormed several areas in Hebron Governorate in the occupied West Bank and carried out extensive raids and arrests, detaining dozens of Palestinians. The raids were concentrated in the Raboud and Abu al-Asja areas of the city of Dura, as well as in the al-Dhahr area of Beit Ummar, where the forces turned one of the houses into a makeshift field interrogation centre, questioning detainees before releasing some of them.
In the same context, settlers attacked Palestinians in the Wadi Abed area of the town of Tarqumiya, west of Hebron, while occupation forces seized a vehicle at the Khirsa junction south of Dura.
In Jenin Governorate, the forces stormed the town of Qabatiya, closed its two main entrances and detained about 30 Palestinians after raiding their homes. The army also turned the house of the mayor of Ya’bad, Amjad Attatra, into a field interrogation centre, arresting dozens of Palestinians inside, some of whom were beaten and mistreated.
In Qalqilya Governorate, the forces arrested six Palestinians from the village of Hajja, while conducting raids in al-Ein camp west of Nablus, arresting two others. Ramallah also witnessed similar incursions in the towns of Beitunia and Surda, where the forces surrounded several houses, wounding at least one Palestinian and arresting others.
These raids come as the army and settlers intensify their assaults across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, resulting in the killing of more than 1,000 Palestinians and the wounding of over 10,000, along with the arrest of more than 19,000 people since the start of the war on Gaza in October 2023. The assaults include home demolitions, displacement of residents, land confiscation, and the acceleration and expansion of settlements. Observers have described these steps as a prelude to the annexation of the West Bank.
In the Gaza Strip, the occupation forces continue what Palestinians describe as a genocide, which has so far left around 70,000 dead and hundreds of thousands injured, most of them women and children, in addition to the displacement of more than 90% of the population and the death of hundreds due to famine.
