Israeli forces detain 30 Palestinians in West Bank raids; family attacked in Talfit

Mixed · 2Israeli forces detained 30 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday 13 October, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office. 1 2 Mixed · 2Most arrests were in the northern Nablus province: 15 in Tell (spelled Tal by Arab News), 12 in Asira al-Shamaliya and one in Talfit, the office said. 1 2 Mixed · 2One person was arrested in Tubas in the northeast and one in Hebron in the south after their homes were raided and searched. 1 2

Mixed · 2The office said troops searched homes and turned one house in Asira al-Shamaliya into an interrogation center. 2 1 Mixed · 2Separately, early on Tuesday, attackers wearing Israeli military uniforms beat Yusuf Munawwar Abu Aisha and his family in Talfit, south of Nablus, according to local sources quoted by Anadolu; they said the attackers posed as soldiers and knocked on the door first. 1 2 Mixed · 2Several family members were injured and taken to hospital, and the sources said Israeli troops raided several homes in the village at the same time. 1 2

Right · 1Arab News also reported that settlers attacked olive harvesters in Beit Lid, near Tulkarem, and that the Palestinian Red Crescent Society treated two people who were beaten. 2 Mixed · 2Both outlets place the incidents in a context of intensified army raids and settler attacks across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023. The accounts rely on Palestinian sources, and neither includes an Israeli army comment. 1 2