{"id":6712,"date":"2025-12-27T16:59:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6712"},"modified":"2025-12-27T16:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:59:35","slug":"israeli-forces-take-over-homes-impose-curfew-on-west-banks-qabatiya-occupied-west-bank-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6712","title":{"rendered":"Israeli forces take over homes, impose curfew on West Bank\u2019s Qabatiya | Occupied West Bank News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Incursion follows Israeli defence minister\u2019s order for military to \u2018act forcefully\u2019 against the Palestinian town.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 27 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">27 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Israeli forces have carried out mass arrests and forced dozens of families from their homes in the town of Qabatiya in the occupied West Bank, on the second day of a sweeping military operation ordered by Israel\u2019s defence minister.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces sealed off entrances to Qabatiya while rounding up and interrogating dozens of residents on Saturday, local sources told Al Jazeera. They converted several homes into military interrogation centres, displacing their occupants, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Army Radio reported that the town is subject to a \u201cfull curfew\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The crackdown follows an order by Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz \u200bto \u201cact forcefully \u2026 against the village of Qabatiya\u201d, where he claims a Palestinian alleged of carrying out a stabbing and car-ramming attack in northern Israel hails from.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Friday, Israel\u2019s military said it had deployed troops from multiple divisions, along with border police and members of the Shin Bet security service, into Qabatiya. It said forces had raided the attack suspect\u2019s home and were preparing to demolish it.<\/p>\n<p>Rights groups have long condemned Israel\u2019s practice of demolishing the family homes of Palestinians accused of attacks against Israelis, describing it as an illegal form of collective punishment.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s military claimed its forces would \u201cscan additional locations in the village\u201d and \u201cwork to arrest wanted individuals and locate weapons\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a sense of fear among people in town,\u201d one resident told Al Jazeera. \u201cThere are Israeli threats and Israeli incitement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military raids on Saturday also extended elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, including to several villages surrounding Ramallah and Hebron, Wafa reported. Israeli forces assaulted and arrested eight people from the towns of Dura, Abda and Imreish near Hebron, according to the news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli military incursions and attacks across the occupied West Bank have been a near-daily occurrence during Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Since October 7, 2023, Israeli authorities have arrested nearly 21,000 Palestinians. As of December 1, some 9,300 Palestinian prisoners were in Israeli jails, more than a third of them detained without charges.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinian prisoners have been tortured, sexually abused and even killed in custody.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incursion follows Israeli defence minister\u2019s order for military to \u2018act forcefully\u2019 against the Palestinian town. 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