West Bank sees wave of raids and settler violence as groom detained at wedding

A series of confrontations between Israeli forces, Israeli settlers, and Palestinian residents occurred across the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to reports from the Palestinian news agency Wafa. The incidents spanned several governorates, involving military raids, tear gas deployments, and direct attacks on private property.

In the village of al-Mughayyir, located near Ramallah, military troops raided a wedding hall. The operation resulted in the detention of four individuals, including the groom, according to local residents cited by Wafa. Forces fired tear gas toward approximately 150 guests gathered for the celebration. In the same village, soldiers also entered the home of Hamed Abu Naim, where they seized keys and compelled the family to leave their residence.

South of Jenin, troops stormed the town of Jaba’. They fired live ammunition and deployed tear gas during the operation. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that a young Palestinian man sustained a gunshot wound to his thigh during the incursion.

In Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, several residents sought medical treatment for tear gas inhalation after forces targeted them and their homes. Local accounts indicate that troops entered the town to protect settlers who had chased children near the town entrance and attempted to assault them. Soldiers also stopped a vehicle at the entrance and beat the driver.

In the southern Hebron hills, specifically south of Yatta, settlers continued a forty-day siege on the home of Yousef Shannaran. Media activist Osama Makhamra told Wafa that the family’s isolation persists despite previous military interventions. Settlers re-erected a tent next to the house that had been removed earlier, forcing the family to coordinate with nearby troops for any movement. The activists noted that settlers also threw stones, smashed windows and doors, and poisoned the family’s water well.

Quds News Network highlighted the presence of occupation soldiers who joined the settlers in singing and dancing outside the besieged home. The soldiers have aided the siege by refusing to remove the settlers’ tent and by requiring the Palestinian family to obtain permits to bring in food and water.

Further west, near Khirbet Srouj outside Jenin, settlers attacked Palestinian families engaged in olive harvesting. The attackers stole both the harvested olives and the equipment used for the collection.

In occupied East Jerusalem, two Palestinian brothers were ordered to demolish their own homes in the Sur Baher neighborhood. The Israeli municipality cited a lack of permits as the reason for the eviction orders.

Additional detentions were reported in the southern Hebron area, where a Palestinian child and a woman were taken into custody, according to the Quds News Network. These events mark another day of intense activity in the region, with both military and settler forces involved in various operations.