The occupation paves the way for rebuilding a camp in Jenin and launches a wide campaign of incursions in the West Bank

Israeli occupation forces escalated their repressive measures in the West Bank today, Sunday, carrying out a series of incursions that affected several cities and towns. These movements focused on the northern West Bank, where the city of Qalqilya and towns in Tulkarm and Jenin witnessed extensive searches of homes and commercial establishments, accompanied by direct assaults on citizens and their property.

In a significant development in southern Jenin, occupation authorities forced Palestinian families residing in the town of Arraba to evacuate their homes forcibly. Local sources reported that military notifications targeted shepherds living in the eastern part of the town, giving them a short deadline ending next Tuesday to leave their lands under threat of arrest and legal prosecution.

Ahmed Al-Arda, head of Arraba municipality, explained that this measure aims directly at re-establishing an occupation army camp that was located on the town's lands before it was evacuated in 2005. This step comes as part of the occupation's efforts to regain permanent military control over areas from which it previously withdrew, threatening to displace families who depend on these lands for their livelihood.

In the city of Qalqilya, occupation vehicles stormed the eastern neighborhoods and spread out in the market area, Jaljulia, and the vicinity of the municipality building. Soldiers raided a number of homes, including those belonging to the Al-Houtari and Al-Baz families, where they wreaked havoc and subjected their residents to harsh field interrogations, amidst heavy firing of tear gas canisters in populated areas.

Qalqilya also witnessed a physical assault on a young man riding an electric bicycle, where occupation soldiers pushed him to the ground and abused him before obstructing traffic in the main streets. These practices caused a state of extreme tension among citizens, especially with the occupation deliberately hindering the movement of residents between different neighborhoods.

North in Tulkarm, occupation forces stormed the town of Attil with a number of military vehicles and stationed themselves in its main street. The operation targeted commercial establishments specializing in selling fertilizers and agricultural materials, where they were thoroughly searched and their owners interrogated, in a step aimed at restricting the vital agricultural sector in the region.

The measures did not stop at searching; occupation soldiers detained a number of young men in the town of Attil after stopping their vehicles and checking their personal IDs. Simultaneously, another force stormed the neighboring town of Qaffin and deployed foot patrols in its western area, where they carried out extensive sweeping operations that caused panic among local residents.

Regarding settler attacks, extremist groups attacked the home of the Abu Awad family in the town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah. This home faces repeated targeting aimed at imposing forced isolation on the family, as part of a broader settlement plan aimed at controlling the lands surrounding the town and annexing them to nearby settlement outposts.

Field reports indicate that the occupation has carried out extensive bulldozing operations around Turmus Ayya over the past three months, including uprooting more than 4,000 olive trees. These destructive acts are for the benefit of expanding a newly established settlement outpost in the western part of the town, depriving farmers of their primary source of livelihood.

In Nablus Governorate, settlers prevented Palestinian workers from installing a water tank for an artesian well that serves the towns of Beit Furik and Beit Dajan. This assault represents a direct threat to the water security of the residents, as settlers seek to control water sources in the region and prevent any development of Palestinian infrastructure.

Khirbet Al-Marajem, affiliated with the village of Duma, and the Bedouin neighborhood of Al-Shakara, south of Nablus, were also subjected to another attack by settlers. The attackers closed the roads leading to the khirbet using large stones, and attempted to assault citizens' property and homes, under the protection and complicity of the occupation forces present in the area.

These simultaneous escalations in the West Bank come as part of a broader strategy adopted by the occupation since the beginning of the current war. Observers believe that the intensification of killings, arrests, and displacement, along with accelerated settlement expansion, paves the way for imposing a new reality aimed at officially annexing large parts of the West Bank and undermining any chance for the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Occupation forces notified residents of the need to evacuate the lands where the camp is located, threatening them with arrest if they do not comply by Tuesday.