Local sources reported that four Israeli military vehicles and a bulldozer stormed the town, and soldiers spread out in its streets, while snipers took up positions on the roofs of several buildings, amid a state of tension among the residents.
The raid came after the occupation army claimed that the perpetrator of the double car-ramming and stabbing attack that took place in the city of Beit She'an in northern occupied Palestine belonged to Qabatiya.
The occupation army announced earlier on Friday that it was reinforcing its forces in the contact zones and preparing to carry out field activity inside the town, while the occupation army minister, Yisrael Katz, issued instructions to "act forcefully" against it.
Suffocation injuries
In the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, 10 Palestinians suffered from suffocation as a result of inhaling toxic gas fired by the occupation army during a raid on the town of Beita, where the forces targeted citizens with gas and sound bombs.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its teams provided the necessary first aid to the injured.
In a related context, four Palestinians, including a paramedic, were injured as a result of an attack carried out by Israeli settlers on the village of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah, according to the Al-Bader human rights organization, which explained that the settlers spread a state of fear among the residents.
Earlier today, settlers in the same village attacked a sheep farm, assaulted workers there, and stole about 150 sheep.
Demolition of 25 buildings
Meanwhile, the Israeli Supreme Court approved the demolition of 25 civilian residential buildings in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank.
The Adalah human rights center said the court rejected a petition filed by camp residents against the demolition orders, despite the prosecution's acknowledgment that the buildings were civilian and belonged to families with no connection to any military activity.
The center explained that the court relied on secret materials provided by military intelligence, and justified the decision with a "future military need," despite the absence of any combat activity in the area for more than a year, noting that the demolition would not begin before December 27, 2025.
Adalah stressed that the decision perpetuates the internationally prohibited forced displacement and comes within a systematic policy to demolish Palestinian camps and prevent the return of their residents.
Since January 21, 2025, the Israeli occupation army has continued large-scale military operations in the northern West Bank, including the Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarm camps, resulting in widespread destruction of infrastructure and the displacement of about 50,000 Palestinians.
Since the outbreak of the Israeli war of extermination on the Gaza Strip on October 8, 2023, at least 1,103 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by the bullets of the occupation army and settlers, and about 11,000 others have been injured, in addition to the arrest of more than 21,000 Palestinians.
Israel is escalating its policies aimed at annexing the West Bank, through demolishing homes, displacing Palestinians and expanding settlements, in an effort that threatens to undermine any possibility of implementing the two-state solution stipulated in international legitimacy resolutions.
