QALQILYA, October 16, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli forces detained two Palestinian siblings  from the village of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, at dawn on Thursday, shutting down all the entrances leading to the village  with earth mounds.  

Meanwhile, colonists vandalized agricultural equipment and damaged two vehicles.

The head of the village council, Muwaffaq Ubeid, told WAFA that Israeli troops stormed the village from its main southern entrance, deploying throught several neighborhoods and breaking into homes belonging to the Obeid, Shteiwi, Ali, and Amer families.

He pointed out that occupation forces arrested the brothers, Sobhi and Muhammad Saqr Obeid, after searching their homes and causing massive damage. They also raided the homes of Jamal Jumaa and Bashar Shteiwi, expelled their residents, and turned them into military points.

A military bulldozer, which closed several side roads with earth mounds, including the roads of Haraiq Abu Ali, al-Najma, al-Shajara, and al-Hashahs, as soldiers set up a checkpoint in the village center, imposing severe restrictions on the movement of residents and preventing them from leaving their homes.

Earlier, colonists damaged agricultural equipment used for olive harvesting in the eastern part of the village, belonging to  Luay Awni Ali and Ismail Musa Ali. They also damaged two vehicles owned by Muhammad Khatib Ubaid and Mahmoud Abdul Qader Shteiwi.

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