RAMALLAH, January 28, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupying forces Tuesday evening stormed several villages to the west of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to security sources.

They said that the occupation forces raided Deir Ibzi, where the soldiers muscled inside the house of a villager, 45, and briefly detained him.

They added that the soldiers erected a checkpoint in the downtown part of the village simultaneously while firing barrages of concussion grenades but without injuries.

Meanwhile, the gun-toting soldiers conducted a similar raid in Beitillu, where they broke into the house of a prisoner slated to be released as part of the second batch under the Gaza ceasefire agreement and threatened to carry out reprisals against them as a means to prevent any "public displays of joy”.

The sources confirmed a similar raid in Deir Ammar but without any casualties.

Israeli occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids, which also take place in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative, and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

K.F.