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Sun 15 Feb 2026 11:15 am - Jerusalem Time

Military reinforcements for the occupation in the West Bank and an arrest campaign affecting dozens

Hebrew media reports revealed orders from the Israeli occupation army command to deploy additional military units to various governorates of the occupied West Bank. These movements come in the context of intensive security preparations carried out by the occupation coinciding with the approaching holy month of Ramadan.

Sources reported that the tasks assigned to these units include carrying out preemptive arrests and expanding the scope of military deployment around illegal settlement outposts. The army will also intensify its presence on the main roads connecting Palestinian governorates to ensure the protection of settler movements.

In a related field context, occupation forces carried out a series of widespread raids at dawn today, Sunday, targeting several towns in Nablus governorate, resulting in the arrest of 12 citizens. The arrests were equally distributed between the towns of Asira al-Shamaliya and Beit Furik, located in the eastern part of the city.

Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate witnessed similar military movements, where occupation forces arrested a child and a young man after raiding their homes in the village of Aboud and the town of Ni'lin. These raids involved thorough searches and destruction of the contents of the homes raided by soldiers.

In the town of Birzeit, north of Ramallah, a military force raided a student dormitory, conducting extensive searches and tampering with the belongings of its residents. Despite the intensity of security measures in the area, no arrests were reported among students during this raid.

As for Salfit governorate, the arrest campaign affected a citizen and his two sons after raiding their home in the town of Kafr ad-Dik and assaulting family members. Eyewitnesses confirmed that occupation soldiers deliberately destroyed furniture and private property in the house before withdrawing and taking the detainees to an unknown destination.

Jenin governorate was not immune to this escalation, as occupation vehicles raided the towns of Silat al-Harithiya and Deir Abu Da'if, and the villages of Bir al-Basha and Beit Qad. The forces raided and provocatively searched a number of homes, without these raids resulting in announced arrests so far.

Regarding settler attacks, extremist groups attacked Palestinian homes in Khirbet al-Hamma in the northern Jordan Valley under direct protection from the occupation army. Settlers began intimidating Palestinian families residing in the area in an attempt to pressure them to leave their lands.

Local sources reported that occupation forces arrested a citizen from the Jordan Valley area and detained him for several hours, during which he was subjected to physical and psychological abuse. The citizen was later released, with clear signs of assault on him as a result of the harsh treatment he received.

In another development, settlers severely beat a Palestinian young man in the Wadi al-Hajj Issa area, located between the villages of Aqraba and Jurish, south of Nablus. The assault occurred while the young man was on his land, which prompted the intervention of residents to repel the settler attack, who fled under the protection of army forces.

Additional military units will participate in arrest operations and securing settlement outposts and main roads in the West Bank.

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