Israeli Soldiers Abduct At Least 22 Across Occupied West Bank

Israeli soldiers carry out a military raid on the Ain Refugee Camp in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine on September 17, 2026. (Issam Rimawi – Anadolu Agency)

Reposted from IMEMC, October 1, 2026

Israeli soldiers invaded communities across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, abducting at least 22 Palestinians, including three children and two employees of the Islamic Association for Orphan Care in Yatta. Soldiers also broke into homes, assaulted residents, fired gas bombs, and obstructed civilian movement.

In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, soldiers abducted ten Palestinians, including three children, after breaking into several homes. They also assaulted an elderly man during the invasion.

In Tulkarem, in the northwestern West Bank, soldiers carried out a large-scale abduction campaign in several towns and villages, abducting nine Palestinians, including former political prisoners. The invasions included breaking into homes, installing mobile military roadblocks, and obstructing residents’ movement.

Soldiers also abducted a young man in Jaba’ town, south of Jenin in the northern West Bank, and a former political prisoner in Jayyous town, east of Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank.

They also abducted former political prisoner Mohyi Ahmad Khalil al-Amour, 24, after breaking into his father’s home in Tuqu’ town, southeast of Bethlehem. The reported total across the occupied West Bank was at least 22 Palestinians, including the two association employees abducted in Yatta.

Separately, in Yatta, south of Hebron in the southern West Bank, soldiers invaded the headquarters of the Islamic Association for Orphan Care and broke into its Al-Ansar Kindergarten during school hours. They abducted two association employees and detained the kindergarten’s director.

In Tarqumiya town, west of Hebron in the southern West Bank, several Palestinians suffered tear-gas inhalation after soldiers invaded the town center in military vehicles and fired gas bombs at residents. Local sources told WAFA that they were treated at the scene.

Later Wednesday, soldiers invaded Bethlehem and deployed in Bab az-Zqaq, the Russian Roundabout, Cinema Square, Wadi Ma’ali, Wadi Shaheen, and Jabal Hindaza.

They also invaded the Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and deployed at its main entrance on the Jerusalem–Hebron Road while firing gas bombs and concussion grenades. No injuries were reported.

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