The Israeli occupation army said in a statement via the X platform: "The Israeli army spotted an armed terrorist near the Maoz Zvi settlement," it claimed, adding that a force affiliated with it "opened fire at the gunman and killed him, and there were no injuries among the force's soldiers," according to its statement.
Citing unnamed Israeli military sources, the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that "the gunman arrived in his car and opened fire on a military force near the Mevo Dotan settlement." It continued, "He was liquidated on the spot, and knives were found in his car."
The settlements of Maoz Zvi and Mavo Dotan are adjacent to each other in the southwest of the Jenin Governorate in the northern occupied West Bank.
Hamas congratulates
Hamas announced in a statement on Monday evening its blessing of "the shooting and armed clash carried out by the martyred mujahid Yusef Walid Sheikh Ibrahim near the Mevo Dotan settlement southwest of Jenin," adding: "We mourn this hero who was martyred in a heroic confrontation with the occupation forces."
The statement added: "The movement confirms that this sacrificial operation confirms that the escalating crimes of the occupation, especially in Jenin and Tulkarm, will not break the will of our people, nor will it undermine the flame of resistance in the West Bank."
Hamas said, "This heroic operation represents a legitimate response to the ongoing massacres against our people in Gaza and the West Bank, and to the plans of the fascist occupation government, led by Smotrich, to plunder the land and expand settlements."
Settler attack
In a related development, an elderly Palestinian man was injured on Monday after being attacked by a group of settlers in the southern occupied West Bank.
The head of the Minya Village Council, Ziad Kawazbeh, said that a group of settlers attacked the elderly man, Abdul Mahdi Matour (60 years old), and assaulted him with sticks and stones, causing him injuries.
Kawazbeh reported that the elderly man was taken to the hospital for treatment, where it was found that he had suffered a "fracture in his jaw and hand." He noted that "the town has witnessed a series of attacks by extremist settlers, who have established a settlement outpost near homes." He added that "the settlers uprooted hundreds of olive saplings in the town's lands earlier today."
incursions
In the same context, Israeli occupation forces stormed the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, on Monday evening.
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, quoted the head of the Al-Mughayyir village council, Amin Abu Aliya, as saying, "The occupation forces stormed the village, deployed in its streets, and set up a military checkpoint at its western entrance. They also raided a house and stopped and searched a number of vehicles, but no arrests were reported."
Abu Aliya explained that the occupation forces had earlier today notified them of the seizure of 740 dunums of agricultural land in the Marj al-Dhahab area on the eastern outskirts of the village.
Israeli occupation forces also stormed the village of Hajja, east of Qalqilya Governorate, on Monday evening.
Local sources told WAFA that several Israeli military vehicles entered the village and patrolled its streets and residential neighborhoods, but no arrests had been made at the time of writing.
Arrests
Organizations concerned with the affairs of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons said on Monday that Tel Aviv authorities carried out 3,850 arrests in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, during the first half of this year, including 400 children and 125 women.
This came in a joint statement by the Palestine Liberation Organization's Commission of Prisoners' Affairs (governmental), the Palestinian Prisoners' Club (non-governmental), and the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (non-governmental).
The statement stated that "the occupation forces carried out 3,850 arrests in the first half of 2025, including 400 children and 125 women (including those arrested and released days or hours later)," noting that "the highest rate of arrests was recorded in March, with 800 arrests."
The arrest campaigns included all categories of people, with the highest percentage being young men, former prisoners, and freed prisoners, according to the statement.
The statement explained that "the highest percentage of arrest campaigns was in the governorates of Jenin and Tulkarm (north), which are witnessing the largest aggression since the Al-Aqsa Intifada." It said that the occupation arrested 920 citizens in Jenin and 455 in Tulkarm in the first half of this year.
The organizations added in their statement that "in recent months, extensive field investigations have overshadowed actual arrests, which have been accompanied by crimes no less serious than those faced by detainees in interrogation and detention centers."
The joint statement announced the "martyrdom of 19 detainees during the first half of this year in prisons, including 10 detainees from Gaza and 9 from the West Bank, including the child Walid Ahmed from the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah." It noted that the Israeli occupation army has carried out more than 18,000 arrests since the start of the war of extermination on October 7, 2023, including 560 women and 1,450 children.
He stated that Israel "detains 10,800 Palestinians in its prisons, including 50 women, 450 children, and 3,629 administrative detainees (without charge)."
In parallel with the genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation army and settlers escalated their attacks in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, resulting in the deaths of at least 998 Palestinians, the injury of nearly 7,000, and the arrest of more than 18,000, according to Palestinian data.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.
The genocide left more than 197,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing. Hundreds of thousands were displaced, and famine claimed the lives of many, including dozens of children.
