Al Jazeera reported that Israeli forces launched coordinated raids across at least 15 towns in the northern West Bank, detaining dozens of Palestinians just hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a full lockdown of the occupied territory following a deadly attack in Hebron that killed two Israeli soldiers (S1). The operations targeted major northern cities such as Nablus, Jenin, Tubas and Qalqilya, with arrests reported in villages including Jalud, Qaryut, Arrabeh, Burqin, and the town of Aqqaba (S3). In the south, Israeli bulldozers demolished a three‑storey building in Hebron, giving families only five minutes to gather belongings, while hundreds of families were forced to evacuate their homes in the Ein Deir Bahha area (S3). Netanyahu’s order came after the Israeli military said it had killed two Palestinian gunmen near the settlement of Telem, resulting in the deaths of two soldiers and injuries to three more (S6). The lockdown will see nearly 1,000 checkpoints and gates closed, affecting millions of Palestinians and turning many areas into “a small prison,” as warned by Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti (S9). The scale of the raids and the sweeping restrictions raise serious concerns about the humanitarian impact on the civilian population.
Israeli Raids Sweep Northern West Bank Amid Full Lockdown Order – What It Means for the Ground
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