Israeli forces closed a major charitable association in Nablus, confiscating aid and drawing accusations of systematically targeting Palestinian civil institutions.
Reposted from The Palestine Chronicle, June 30, 2026
Key Developments
- Israeli forces shut down the Attadamun Charitable Society in Nablus for one year, alleging it “supports terrorism.”
- Troops confiscated office equipment and humanitarian aid intended for poor families before sealing the premises.
- Palestinian officials said the charity has served poor families, orphans and marginalized communities for nearly 75 years.
Israeli occupation forces raided the headquarters of the Attadamun Charitable Society in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus early Tuesday, closing the organization for one year after accusing it of “supporting terrorism.”
Palestinian media reported that Israeli military vehicles entered the city before dawn and surrounded the charity’s main headquarters, where soldiers searched the building, confiscated office equipment and humanitarian aid intended for poor families.
Israeli forces posted a military order at the entrance declaring the organization a “terrorist association” and announcing its closure for one year.
Quds News Network reported that Israeli forces also welded shut the entrances to the entire commercial building housing the charity’s offices, despite the association occupying only one floor, disrupting dozens of businesses and offices located in the same building.
Serving Poor Families
Palestinian officials said the Attadamun Charitable Society has operated for nearly 75 years, having been established in the early 1950s during the Jordanian administration of the West Bank.
The organization provides assistance to poor families, orphans and marginalized groups while overseeing educational and charitable institutions throughout the Nablus area.
Following the raid, Nablus Governor Ghassan Daghlas condemned the closure, saying “the occupation will fail in its policy of targeting charitable institutions that provide services to the poor and orphans.”
Daghlas stressed that the association has a long history of supporting families in need and said its closure “will not stop aid from being delivered to residents.”
He described the raid as “part of a systematic policy aimed at undermining Palestinian steadfastness.”
Ghassan Hamdan, director of the Medical Relief Society in Nablus, echoed those concerns, telling Anadolu that “the closure was not the first of its kind, but part of a systematic Israeli targeting of institutions that provide services to Palestinian society.”
Hamdan added that the targeting of Attadamun forms part of broader efforts to “dry up the sources of Palestinian steadfastness” by undermining institutions that provide essential social services.
Escalating Campaign
The closure comes amid an expanding Israeli campaign against Palestinian charitable organizations across the occupied West Bank.
According to QNN, Israeli authorities have shut down several charities and Zakat committees since the beginning of the year following military raids, while also arresting a number of employees working for those organizations.
Palestinian officials say these measures are intended to weaken civil society institutions that provide humanitarian assistance and social support to communities facing worsening economic conditions under occupation.
Israeli forces continue to carry out near-daily military raids across cities, towns and refugee camps throughout the occupied West Bank, operations that frequently involve arrests, home searches and field interrogations.
Pressure across West Bank
According to official Palestinian figures cited by Anadolu, at least 1,173 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank since October 8, 2023, while 12,666 others have been injured and approximately 23,000 arrested.
The escalation has also included widespread home demolitions, destruction of agricultural land, restrictions preventing farmers from accessing their fields, forced displacement of Palestinian communities and continued expansion of Israeli settlements.
Palestinian officials warn that these measures form part of broader efforts to facilitate the formal annexation of the occupied West Bank, a move they say would eliminate prospects for an independent Palestinian state in line with international law and relevant United Nations resolutions.
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