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Israeli army destroys Palestinian family’s apartment with explosives in West Bank
The Israeli army destroyed an apartment on the second floor of a three-story building belonging to the family of Palestinian Hasun in the town of Beit Imrin in the West Bank. During a raid in Azzun, more than 150 Palestinians were detained, subjected to field questioning and released in groups.
More than 150 Palestinians were detained and subjected to field questioning during a raid in the town of Azzun in the northern West Bank. Israeli soldiers later released the detainees in groups.
About 15 military vehicles and more than 30 Israeli soldiers took part in the raid, during which numerous homes were forcibly entered. The soldiers turned one of the homes into a barracks and questioned the detainees there.
One Palestinian was severely beaten during the raid, while homes were searched and gas and smoke grenades were thrown into some of them.
Apartment destroyed with explosives in Beit Imrin
The Israeli army destroyed with explosives an apartment on the second floor of a three-story building belonging to the family of Palestinian Hasun in the town of Beit Imrin in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The demolition caused material damage to the building.
Israeli forces raided the Hasun family’s home the previous evening and forcibly removed the family members. Secondary roads leading to the house were also closed.
Hasun, who was detained in March 2026, is accused of killing an Israeli who had seized Palestinian land.
Two Palestinians injured in raids in Qalqilya
As the raid launched by the Israeli army in the city of Qalqilya the previous evening continued, reinforcements were sent to several neighborhoods during the night. Military forces were deployed in the Nezzal and Kafr Saba neighborhoods and on Wadi Street.
The al-Tabbal neighborhood was kept under siege. Soldiers who forcibly entered Palestinians’ homes subjected numerous people to field questioning. Two Palestinians, one of them a child, were injured by live ammunition during the raid.
Because of the raids in Qalqilya and Azzun, schools delayed the start of classes.
Palestinian-owned vehicles set on fire in Atara
In the town of Atara, north of Ramallah, Israeli settlers set fire to two vehicles belonging to Palestinians and wrote racist slogans on walls. Attacks have taken place in the town after an illegal settlement was established near Palestinian homes.
Since Israel launched its attacks on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, arrests, raids and attacks targeting Palestinians have increased in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. During this period, homes and other structures have been demolished, mosques have been torched, agricultural land has been damaged, farmers have been prevented from accessing their land, and Palestinians have been displaced.
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