RAMALLAH, March 5, 2026 (WAFA) — Israeli occupation forces continued for the sixth consecutive day their escalating military raids across various governorates of the occupied West Bank, amid a wave of detentions, live-fire injuries, and tightened military restrictions through the closure of checkpoints and iron gates at the entrances of towns and villages.
The occupation has also intensified the policy of turning Palestinians’ homes into military outposts by storming houses, forcing residents to evacuate them, and using them as positions for troops and snipers for hours and sometimes days.
This was particularly evident in the village of Faqqu'a, east of Jenin, where Israeli forces converted nine homes into military outposts, in a move that goes beyond brief raids and reflects prolonged military deployment inside towns.
The pace of such measures has increased in parallel with the ongoing Israeli-U.S. war on Iran. Raids are no longer limited to conventional incursions but increasingly include the full closure of entrances to villages and towns using earth mounds and iron gates, alongside severe movement restrictions that exacerbate the humanitarian and economic burdens on residents and prevent thousands of students and employees from reaching their schools, universities, and workplaces.
As part of the detention campaigns, Israeli forces carried out wide-scale raids at dawn Thursday in villages west of Ramallah, detaining 13 Palestinians after ransacking their homes. The number of detainees during the past six days has risen to more than 100.
Meanwhile, medical teams reported that five Palestinians were injured by live fire in the city of Jenin on Wednesday, one of them seriously, during confrontations that erupted amid ongoing Israeli incursions. These developments coincide with continued colonial land bulldozing and systematic attacks by Israeli colonists in several areas.
In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces continue to close Al-Aqsa Mosque and prevent worshippers from performing prayers there, citing a state of emergency. Forces remain heavily deployed around the mosque compound and at the gates of the Old City, preventing Palestinians from entering its courtyards after forcing them to leave the site on Saturday morning.
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